• Record Label: Lauv
  • Release Date: Mar 6, 2020
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Mar 5, 2020
    90
    Throughout this 21-track pop odyssey, Lauv shows just why he’s considered one of the finest pop writers around.
  2. Mar 5, 2020
    90
    Lauv has definitely established his own niche. Maybe it's only a matter of time before he becomes one of pop's biggest acts, but for now, ~how i'm feeling~ confirms that he's doing fine looking in from the out
  3. 85
    [“Modern Loneliness”] is quietly anthemic; an ode to the contradictions of contemporary culture and the cognitive dissonance of wanting to feel better but not doing anything to get there. It’s the perfect conclusion to an album which speaks to the various anxieties of both its subject and its listeners.
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 5, 2020
    60
    Ambition aplenty, but spread too thinly. [Apr 2020, p.111]
  5. Spans a whopping 21 tracks – a length even the world’s greatest artists would struggle to fill without sneaking some sub-par songs in. Which means that lo-fi ballad ‘Julia’ is a little cloying, while the acoustic finger-picking of ‘For Now’ and jazzy guitar strums of ‘Sweatpants’ don’t quite live up to the high standard set elsewhere on the record.
  6. Mar 11, 2020
    51
    There may be six different versions of Lauv pulling the strings, but in the end, they all sound alike.
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 62
  2. Negative: 6 out of 62
  1. Apr 27, 2020
    1
    One of the most paint by numbers teen pop albums I've heard in years. Production falls into all the 2015-2019 pop cliches. "Mmm-mmm"s and "NaOne of the most paint by numbers teen pop albums I've heard in years. Production falls into all the 2015-2019 pop cliches. "Mmm-mmm"s and "Na Na Na"s abound among generalized uninteresting lyrics on every track except "Sad Forever", the only slightly bearable song on here. Lauv's vocal flourishes and overused falsetto became grating after 1 song. Not a nice way to spend my morning. Full Review »
  2. Feb 27, 2021
    10
    un álbum increíble, tiene letras magistrales; ligadas a sentimientos y emociones que quizás no son tan fáciles de explicar. me parece que Lauvun álbum increíble, tiene letras magistrales; ligadas a sentimientos y emociones que quizás no son tan fáciles de explicar. me parece que Lauv hizo un trabajo increíble, a pesar de qué es un proyecto un poco extenso mantuvo la cohesión mientras nos regaló canciones mixtas para cada situación. fácilmente puede ser catalogado cómo uno de los mejores álbumes del 2020. Full Review »
  3. Feb 9, 2021
    10
    Composed beautifully & it perfect depicts how everyone has felt throughout the pandemic. Lauv is a star and he is unstoppable.