With each scathing line and serrated hook riff in I’m Sorry, Yung Blasian proves that vulnerability in hyper-trap pop doesn’t have to return wrapped in polished platitudes. As a substitute, it hits like a sledgehammer wielded by somebody with nothing left to lose. The Philadelphia-based artist, who has been quietly sharpening his sonic edge on SoundCloud since 2017, goes in for the emotional kill in his breakthrough hit, which carves by way of the noise with Latin-laced guitars, delay-drenched choral hooks, and a beat that is aware of no mercy as soon as it drops.
There’s no pretence in his lyrical candour—only a supercharged vignette of coming-of-age heartbreak instructed from the uncooked finish of rejection. The Haitian-Japanese vocalist and producer doesn’t simply put on his coronary heart on his sleeve; he shreds it open to show how shortly shallowness may be decreased to rubble when left selecting by way of the wreckage of fading affection. The emo-adjacent anguish isn’t self-indulgent. It’s methodical. Calculated. Intentional. Yung Blasian doesn’t offer you area to pity him—he drags you into the chaos of each self-effacing lyric and leaves you reeling within the aftermath.
But someway, by way of the storm of scorn and dejection, he retains the power excessive. It’s a whiplash-inducing distinction that’s quick turning into his signature. Along with his ahead-of-the-curve manufacturing model, sincerity on the core of each expression, and an genuine voice that cuts by way of the noise, he’s not simply using the hyperpop wave—he’s constructing the playground it thrives in.
I’m Sorry is now obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast.
