I'm trying to find ways to express how slayed I am but I don't think those words exist. After both BJ and PG, it was hard to have big expectations, then again apart from those 2 messes, Brit's always delivered and Make Me is greart so I knew I was in for a treat but... DAMN
I was not expecting her to serve her best album to date.
Three things stood out the most to me:
+ The production is incredible. The album is incredibly cohesive and it flows so well. She experimented with sounds she never had before. This is like In The Zone + Blackout's baby but with a brand new twist too. I've seen everywhere that it completes the trinity, and it really does.
+ The lyrical content: this isn't some: "Let's go to the club-club-club I wanna get drunk-drunk-drunk and party all night long-long-long" type of ****. Even with the songs about sex and dancing... they make sense. They tell a story. Sometimes they're even deep. I'm incredibly proud that she had input in them too.
+ The vocals: **** yes
She actually tried to sing and I love that she wasn't afraid to go to places she never had before. Not many people do, but I love and appreaciate her nasal tone so much. Especially on songs like "What You Need", it's like she really was trying to go THERE. And i appreciated all the adlibs and the different layers of her vocals. I was incredibly impressed.
With that being said, on more general lines, I'm happy with the outcome of this masterpiece. It really is a beautiful body of work, from beginning (with the eerie Invitation) right up until the end (with the mysterious and sexy Coupure Électrique).
These are my three standouts:
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Love Me Down: I love the attitude on the verses and the breakdown in the chorus takes it to a whole new level. I also love the island vibe on the pre-chorus. Please be a single.
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Slumber Party: the sexy verses and the latin-influenced chorus
This was my favorite on the first listen.
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Man on the Moon: "I can't compete with the stars in the sky I'm invisible... invisible" THAT. IS. ALL.
It was really hard to just pick three, but honestly the rest of the album is pretty much equally outstanding and incredible. I seriously love and praise every single song. The sultry and Perfect Lover influenced "If I'm Dancing", the sassy almost pop-rock "Liar", the moody "Invitation" and foreign influenced "No Seas Cortés" and "Coupure Électrique". Each song sounds like a masterpiece for me. This is a 10/10. I'm impressed, proud and slayed
during release week 
