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Sep 2, 2025Carpenter is at both her best and her worst when she leans into humour, which is threaded throughout the record. It’s a continuation of what’s made her so memorable in the past: the campy innuendo of Bed Chem’s 'come right on me… I mean camaraderie' or her viral 'have you ever tried this one?' sex position-asides on tour. Here, that same instinct bubbles up everywhere; sometimes brilliantly, sometimes too much.
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Aug 29, 2025There are incredible highs here, but too much that feels like a first draft.
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Aug 29, 2025The production feels sturdy and busy. But there are no instant hits other than Manchild, and though the songs are dense with hooks and melodies, none of them are particularly memorable.
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Sep 3, 2025While it provides plenty of tell, there's not nearly enough show.
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Sep 2, 2025On this slight and frail but occasionally amusing new album, though, her character is still in development — what felt like hard-earned idiosyncrasy on her last album feels calculatedly careless here. .... Has all the hallmarks of a rush job: lyrical conceits that aren’t fully fleshed out, vocals that get crammed into prefab melodies, a repetition of themes that suggests a single idea viewed from multiple angles.