Is Clairo's Charm Her Best Yet? | Review + Analysis

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @noneapplicable1327
    @noneapplicable1327 3 месяца назад +233

    Clairo going independent is probably why we haven’t seen much promo, that and she doesn’t seem to wanna be famous

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +40

      That makes all the sense in the world. I find it a nice little change in pace.

    • @liamhildebrant8867
      @liamhildebrant8867 3 месяца назад +6

      There has been a lot of promo, she was on Jimmy Fallon and I've seen a bunch of billboard's on social media.

    • @chan_martin
      @chan_martin 3 месяца назад +13

      She’s still making the circuit of talk shows, and she got the Apple interview, but yeah she seems happy doing her own thing and staying at a manageable level of fame. Can’t say I blame her.

  • @noneapplicable1327
    @noneapplicable1327 3 месяца назад +131

    Probably one of my favorite records of the year hands-down

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +6

      I loved it so much! I had to cover it!

  • @FAIRYILOVEYOU
    @FAIRYILOVEYOU 2 месяца назад +18

    Sling will forever be my favorite

  • @ThomasWillett1
    @ThomasWillett1 3 месяца назад +49

    I'm a big fan of Clairo as well. "Immunity" is one of my personal favorite records and I usually spin it when I need to relax. While I wasn't as hot on "Sling," it still was good though I worried my bias would keep me from appreciating anything she did as much as her first. I'm happy to report that after one listen, "Charm" stands to be one of my favorites of the year. The production is strong and lyrics enjoyable. It captures what drew me to her in the first place and expands on those ideas. It's a nice evolution and I'm sure will be one of my go to records when I need to slow down for a few.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +4

      I think Sling was sort of a reset for her and likely to get out of her label requirements. Charm is just next level compared to it. A much fuller bodied and freer production overall. I was not a fan of her work with Antonoff beyond the lyric work

    • @dghall2295
      @dghall2295 3 месяца назад

      Nah I agree with all thay so much🎉

    • @klinerd9603
      @klinerd9603 3 месяца назад

      @@EljohnMacaranas interesting, sling is one of my favorite albums ever instrumentally

    • @SakibHasan-ks2fe
      @SakibHasan-ks2fe 3 месяца назад +1

      @@klinerd9603 I know right! I think Sling is much better than Immunity. It makes me FEEL things I thought I couldn't be felt.

    • @cereal_21
      @cereal_21 3 месяца назад

      I feel the exact same way!

  • @tpeasetiger
    @tpeasetiger 3 месяца назад +20

    Just discovered Clairo. Love her!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +3

      She's amazing! Her trio of albums are all distinct yet still satisfying. Really someone who treats music like an adventure.

  • @lzeroZ3
    @lzeroZ3 3 месяца назад +38

    it feels like artists who dropped in 2021 are all dropping now, like hmhas, clairo, and kinda olivia rodrigo and im so here for it!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +11

      I feel like it there has to be a greater power at work as to why so many people are dropping this year. Like Clairo she can drop whenever but everyone else piling this year makes me wonder if there’s a touring location issue or perhaps a big change in how music will be distributed.

    • @david.grever
      @david.grever 2 месяца назад +1

      yeah I'm still crossing my fingers for more Lorde this year xx

  • @CatNagTaylorsVersion
    @CatNagTaylorsVersion 3 месяца назад +48

    I would love videos on her previous two albums

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +9

      Maybeeeee

    • @gabriellagutz
      @gabriellagutz 3 месяца назад +2

      @@EljohnMacaranasyesssss I need to hear your thoughts on immunity!! my favorite album ever

  • @PedroBaleeiro
    @PedroBaleeiro 3 месяца назад +15

    Glory of the Snow grew on me the more I listened and indeed it really reminded me of birds of a feather. While BoaF is someone who is entering that burning phase of love, Glory of the Snow is the aftermath of that burn that ultimately went out.

  • @Skywohka
    @Skywohka 3 месяца назад +18

    Sling still on top. Going to take a lot for someone to make anything that touches me like that record. Been a fan since 2017, and Charm is so good, but Sling is just, idk. I'm glad it grew on you! Top 5 albums of all time for me. Also, Echo is awesome, yeah - feels like a Broadcast song.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад

      Sling def needed to marinate for me a bit, I was listening to Amoeba the other day and it still hits

  • @lukecrooke
    @lukecrooke 3 месяца назад +16

    I feel like we have very similar music tastes! Brat, hit me hard and soft and charm are skipless albums for me too! I don’t know if it is just me but this record is very reminiscent of the Beatles for me

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +4

      YES it feels like a modernist take on classic Beatles like the lush instrumental work, the abstract lyricism. She ate.

    • @lukecrooke
      @lukecrooke 3 месяца назад +1

      @@EljohnMacaranas she definitely did. Some of her best work to date.

  • @hawoo7793
    @hawoo7793 3 месяца назад +11

    imo the album represents her growth in music and as a person

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +4

      I think it’s def a sequel to Sling and also a little meta touch on going fully indie

  • @danahareb1852
    @danahareb1852 2 месяца назад +2

    Sling is magical

  • @CatNagTaylorsVersion
    @CatNagTaylorsVersion 3 месяца назад +8

    This is definitely my favourite smaller artist era of this year, I still think Brat, The Tortured Poets department, Hit me hard and Soft, Meghan, Radical optimism, Eternal sunshine, Older, and Deeper well are better AOTY contenders and the albums I’m rooting for at this moment. (I know some of these aren’t popular choices, especially TTPDTA but I can’t stop going back to these records ) This album feels very Camila Cabello debut era to me, more lyrically than sonically. But that won’t stop me from loving this album. I really enjoy this analog sound and I can see this growing on me the way TTPDTA and Brat did. It’s a skinless album, even if I will be skipping around the album now to just find the song I’m in the mood for. It’s stunning and worth a listen, hard to pin down for a review, go listen it’s a 9.9/10 please go listen to this, it’s perfect in this year of deep cut records

  • @marklovesbilliesss
    @marklovesbilliesss 3 месяца назад +8

    NO SKIP ALBUM

  • @maunochromatic
    @maunochromatic 3 месяца назад +10

    This record was really nice & it was refreshing to get an album from an artist who has taken a break. I’d love to see you review Remi Wolf’s new album if you could as well, “Big Ideas” i f you feel like it, since she’s also an indie pop // rock artist !!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +3

      Honestly, I might make a vid on her in general and maybe Griff down the line. Love indie pop rock sm and need a break every now and then from major pop girl drops

  • @AlittleTooClose
    @AlittleTooClose 2 месяца назад +1

    just a beautifully produced album. i wasn't really a claro fan before but i really like this album.

  • @danielleiri
    @danielleiri 3 месяца назад +8

    my favorite was second nature and nomad !!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      Second Nature’s so pretty, one of my fave productions this year!

  • @noneapplicable1327
    @noneapplicable1327 3 месяца назад +13

    got the thumbnail with sally from cars! 😭😭😭

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +3

      Hahaha, I’m shocked how many people are getting that thumb, I had it made as a joke and it ended up being the main thumb 😭

  • @djlunaticdreyfuss7562
    @djlunaticdreyfuss7562 3 месяца назад +3

    She abounds with talent

  • @xsomili5501
    @xsomili5501 2 месяца назад +2

    Charm is definitely my favourite Clairo album. I like EVERY SINGLE TRACK. and im NOT an album person

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  2 месяца назад

      Oh that’s v high praise in world that’s r all about singles again I think

  • @Sequoya
    @Sequoya 3 месяца назад +13

    This record is lovely. I enjoy the instrumentation and look forward to sitting with the record a while. It’s joyful melancholia, perfect for me time.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +3

      It’s so lush and perfect for quiet contemplation. I was glad to have it to sorta cushion my Brat burnout

  • @samaddhi
    @samaddhi 3 месяца назад +2

    This is hid best work so far so mature so chill so well worked i do think she is gonna take at least 5 years to drop another record

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      She can take all the time she needs! We can wait!

  • @Alex-vm6ef
    @Alex-vm6ef 3 месяца назад +1

    I've listened to this new album a lot and would say now that it's my favorite, after being a Clairo fan since 2018. But all the growing I've done since then, i might need to really go back to the previous albums with a closer listen

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад

      It’s a really mature record (not to say her older works aren’t already p smart and layered), I revisited Sling in my own time and liked it much better this time but Charm is just it for me 💚

  • @kitcostello
    @kitcostello 3 месяца назад +3

    really loved this album! would you ever do a video on Griff? truly an amazing innovative artist! she won BRITS best new artist or artist on the rise, opened for Taylor etc! her new album has moments of Imogen Heap truly amazing!

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +2

      I’m def covering Griff at some point! I adore her!

  • @purpledinosaurs801
    @purpledinosaurs801 3 месяца назад +2

    Another absolute banger of an album, they just keep coming. Deeper Well, TTPD, Brat, HMHS, and Charm are defo the highlights, and also Desire Everasking Edition if that counts.

  • @travissekutt
    @travissekutt 3 месяца назад +3

    i fucking love it icl

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад

      It’s such a good album! So happy for Claire!

  • @germany9vs709
    @germany9vs709 3 месяца назад +4

    Can we please get a video on Sling or even Immunity? neeeeddd to hear your opinions on her previous work

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      Definitely when I have time to do rewind videos. I adored both of those records for different reasons, Immunity is a perfect time capsule of 2019 and the promise of bedroom pop before TikTok more or less commercialized too much. Sling on the other hand, a record she was too young to write/produce yet it ages beautifully.

  • @tyson_elwer
    @tyson_elwer 3 месяца назад +5

    Brat really might have some competition for aoty right hear

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      The way AOTY has been challenged for me like 4 times in the same year… 2024 is the gift that keeps giving

  • @the_piano_nerd4960
    @the_piano_nerd4960 3 месяца назад +2

    I love your commentary! Great references (if you mention Carole king I’ll trust you immediately). HMHAS and Brat are also no skips for me

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! Haha my mom and grandparents were big on making sure I knew classics in a bunch of genres.

  • @mysteriousskin
    @mysteriousskin 3 месяца назад +2

    The last half of the album is like def the best of the decade

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад

      Pier 4 has to be one of her best in years

  • @marsam7772
    @marsam7772 3 месяца назад +1

    Clairo the GOAT

  • @yakijacob
    @yakijacob 3 месяца назад +2

    They call her Clairo because clairly she cannot miss

  • @жачкапувачек
    @жачкапувачек 2 месяца назад +1

    I rly like Sling but this record is rly good too

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  2 месяца назад

      Sling’s a really strong record, shame it got lost in the pandemic shuffle

  • @funnybibs6295
    @funnybibs6295 3 месяца назад +2

    Nothing will ever come close to Her Debut Album -Immunity

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      Immunity’s one of my fave debut records so I def get that

  • @newerwrld
    @newerwrld 3 месяца назад +2

    yes

  • @serenity__now
    @serenity__now 3 месяца назад +5

    I think you accidentally typed an extra “is” in the title, i had to re read a couple times to make sense of it :D

  • @juxemz3388
    @juxemz3388 3 месяца назад +5

    An yes my favorite born rich inde white woman love her music tho beautiful

  • @marsam7772
    @marsam7772 3 месяца назад +4

    why is Sally from cars on the miniature?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +2

      Oh you got the joke thumbnail! I have A/B testing on!

  • @2tiredtdy
    @2tiredtdy 3 месяца назад +3

    This aoty but it maybe challenged once beabadoobee drops

  • @diorrific
    @diorrific 3 месяца назад +1

    everytime i hear echo it reminds me of dirty trip by air, anyone else hearing the resemblance?

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      I had to search up the song and yeah, there’s a bit of similarity, the melody feels close

  • @ifoundpeaceindrowning8030
    @ifoundpeaceindrowning8030 3 месяца назад

    YES

  • @acsgallery800
    @acsgallery800 3 месяца назад +2

    do you plan on listening to vertigo by griff??

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      Oh def! I love Griff so much! One of the best songwriters of the modern times

  • @Arthur-uf5mm
    @Arthur-uf5mm 3 месяца назад +2

    our Carole King

  • @fajr162
    @fajr162 3 месяца назад +1

    did anyone catch the weyes blood shade

  • @owlmoon0601
    @owlmoon0601 3 месяца назад

    plssss review remi wolf 😫😫😫😫

  • @junhaotan
    @junhaotan 3 месяца назад +1

    Leon Michels is pronounced like 'Michaels'.
    otherwise, great video.

    • @EljohnMacaranas
      @EljohnMacaranas  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for clarifying and watching 💙

  • @CatNagTaylorsVersion
    @CatNagTaylorsVersion 3 месяца назад

    Have fun at the movies today

  • @CatNagTaylorsVersion
    @CatNagTaylorsVersion 3 месяца назад +1

    Surprised you aren’t talking in Brat Generator at this point

  • @travissekutt
    @travissekutt 3 месяца назад +2

    i fucking love it icl