Sky's Music Reviews

After Laughter is the fifth album by the infamous band Paramore, released on May 12, 2017. This album takes the delivery of the hits on their self-titled album, combines it with a mix of 80's and new wave vibes, and releases a very distinctive collection of works that is garnering a ton of critical acclaim. Full disclosure: even though the songs "Still Into You" and "Ain't It Fun" where at their peak during the time in which I was first starting to enjoy music, I'm not particularly fond of either. The delivery of the lyrics feels awkward, and after listening to the full Paramore  album, I'm still not a big fan of their 2013 work. Further down the line, I was never really hooked on Riot!  or their other albums, even though songs like "crushcrushcrush" (I do like it more now) should've been right up my alley. The opener and lead single, "Hard Times", sets a standard for lyrics that pretty much the entire album follows. Depre...

MØ - Nights With You This production is just SO fire. Something about brass in pop songs just gives me chills, and this is no different. I've also shared my love of ad-libs, and this song does that perfectly. The chorus feels kind of lacking somehow, but that's really the only issue I have with this song. The lyrics are really sweet, and we need more songs about friendship like this. It does seem a bit short somehow, and the end is a bit weird, but I always enjoy listening to this. 8/10 Halsey - Now or Never When this first came out, I was one of the biggest naysayers. Luckily for me, it's one of the biggest "growers" I've ever experienced. Like, a complete 180. I really do love everything about this song right now, it's nice and chill and the harmonies seem really nice. I don't like Needed Me, so this is a nice alternative to that for me. The production is really solid and just made for head-bopping. It's just the intonation of the words i...