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- Summary: Self-produced and recorded, the fourth full-length release for the New York indie-pop artist is a concept album about a person taking off for Los Angeles to seek fame.
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- Record Label: New West
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Mar 3, 2020Rose shines a disco light on shame, lets panic leap into a bouncing gait that's faked-till-it's-made. And though she masterfully wields the absurdity of hubris, she also doesn't ridicule what she finds. She asks the misfits of the human psyche what they want and what scares them, and gives them a whole floor to do their dance. They laugh together, let loose and sweat off their blush.
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Mar 4, 2020The album is heart-warmingly straightforward and honest in its lyricism with no attempt at being unnecessarily complex for the sake of it; smartly made with a finite tale to tell.
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Mar 10, 2020Thankfully, Rose welcomes ambiguity in her songs, letting her lyrics cut against the sleek throb of her music. This tension lends Superstar its resonance: it's an album that admits that the darkest parts of fame are what make it so seductive.
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Mar 3, 2020Rose's creation reveals our collective unconsciousness as fans who shape the biographies of our entertainment heroes.
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Mar 3, 2020All together, a mischievous lyricist captures the new West.
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Mar 9, 2020here’s nothing wrong with hearing these well-written songs, packed with sashaying grooves and wobbly synths, but by the mid-section of the record there is a definite sagging point, and the album doesn’t feel as effortless to listen to as Loner did. Even so, this is as enjoyable to listen to as its former, it’s just a shame that it doesn’t progress Caroline all that much as an artist.
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Mar 5, 2020Although ‘Superstar’ certainly reaches for the stars in its slick production, her wit doesn’t sparkle as strongly, and its theme of an awkward outsider trying to chase success feels a little too close to home.
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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