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May 24, 2024Although a tad overlong and samey after 15 tracks, occasionally drifting into wine bar background music territory, there are some immediate standouts on Room Under The Stairs.
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May 22, 2024Zayn’s fourth is admirable in its emotional mining, is rich in execution and soul, and indeed his brain-scratching melodic riffs will have die-hard fans blushing - but even on this, what we’re told is his ‘most vulnerable’ release, the treading of the long-trodden, stripped-back, ex-boyband desire path leaves the record wanting for just a little more Zayn sparkle.
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May 17, 2024While there are some lyrical clunkers (Concrete Kisses features a line about a “a big old cup of shit”), and the mood can feel one-note, it’s a record that further cements Malik as an intriguing outlier.
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May 17, 2024His voice has never sounded better, but it’s the lyrics that let the album down overall.
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May 22, 2024There’s a moment of startling emotional clarity on “Shoot at Will,” a revealing track where Zayn alludes to his and Hadid’s daughter: “When I look at her, all I see is you/When you look at her, do you see me too?” But for the most part, Zayn appears much more comfortable wearing the mask of vulnerability instead of actually exercising it.