Lav's Music Corner

This is a special guest review written by all-around smart girl Alice Fulmer. She stopped by to share her thoughts on producer, songwriter, and Billie Eilish affiliate/sibling Finneas' new album For Cryin' Out Loud! . <3 Review by Alice:  There’s something to be said about songwriters who are better at songwriting for the masks and voices of others, than for themselves. While I don’t mean to poke at sore spots more than necessary, I think Finneas O’Connell (sometimes styled as FINNEAS) – better known as the co-songwriter and frequent collaborator of his younger sister Billie Eilish – struggles to find his voice on the aptly named   For Cryin’ Out Loud!  (2024). There is a longstanding misogynist criticism of his sister, that she isn’t “talented” because her brother “writes all her music”(he doesn’t). I actually think that it could very well be the other way around. I want to stress I don’t admit this lightly. His last album,   Optimist  (2021), is relatively ...

Billie Eilish is a California based pop artist who emerged a few years ago and quickly became one of the biggest stars in the music industry. Her album was a commercial smash and took home a number of major Grammy's, quickly propelling Billie to superstar status. Since then Billie has weathered a few controversies in order to reach her sophomore record. Happier Than Ever  had five singles some of which date back to over a year before the albums release, and faced lots of criticism from fans and critics alike for the handling of the era. Despite that Happier  is likely to be one of the most talked about records of the year and is on track for further commercial success. Review By Lav: Well here we are again. While some of my most controversial opinions rest in the realm of hip hop Instagram admin tastes, Twitter stan is well known for their backlash. In 2020 it was Hayley Williams/Paramore stans in my DMs and earlier this year it was Chai, but in 2019 I incurred the wrath of th...