Pop notes from the last few days have been pretty sweet (in the most Candy-esque sense of the word). Sonically and even visually. So first and foremost because hello Grimes. After dropping a couple of live performances this week featuring new tracks, ACT I and ACT II from Grimes’ Art Angels opus in the making arrived. The video for Flesh without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream has received mixed fan responses, I guess people miss the darkness – this is almost like the video for Gaga’s Venus segment from the GUY video, but with a darker and comically artsy 80s esque twist.
Having said that, please please please listen to the song without the video – it’s a different experience especially if you are finding the visuals polarising. Here for pop Grimes either way.
On a slightly moodier note, meet TĀLĀ who has just released her track Wolfpack with Banks. It’s experimental electro r&b but both of their vocals are dreamy as fuck and the lyrical content holds this awesome sense of female empowerment. 2015 is clearly the year of The Wolf in music – Angel Haze, Kanye and Sia and now this…
Finally, onto Gwen – who did a random one off gig in NYC this week and performed her new track Used To Live with the minimalist and beautifully hypnotising (because, Gwen) video for the backdrop. She also just performed it on Ellen. Used To Love you has definitely had the strongest and most positive reaction to date with speculation in showbiz press about who it could be about and the fact that it feels, I guess, more appropriate.