yaeji

On her debut Yaeji manages to bridge the divide between solid dancefloor pop and introspective songwriting in a seemingly effortless yet deeply intricate manner.

After making waves with imaginative house tracks, this new turn feels like the arrival of an important new voice, able to manipulate electronic pop at will and inventing a textured and emotive new genre in its wake. It can feel effervescent on the surface, but in those bubbles lies an undercurrent of frustration that the album builds on. Whichever language Yaeji sings in, the emotion and purpose shines through, giving directness to an album that could have drifted away without this strong anchor