While some sympathised, others rejoiced at the brilliant break-up album that was surely on the cards. (HB), Sky Ferreira did it her way. The hip-hop odyssey delivers America’s existential reckoning, one equally suited to street protests or a recuperative headphone voyage. The Björk and FKA twigs collaborator’s third album relaunched her zero-gravity sound world with a secret weapon: the bruised, disarmingly operatic voice of an angel in hell. The prevailing colours the first time around were those soft pinks and blues; the kind that spurred thinkpieces aplenty about how Harry’s new aesthetic was playing with the codes of masculinity and the idea of the modern heartthrob, presenting himself less as a lothario and more of a softboi. So what’s its symbolism? Harry Styles is the debut self-titled solo album by the One Direction member, released on May 12, 2017. Is it a coincidence that Harry’s label chose this date? Tune in today to stay updated with all the latest news and headlines from the world of entertainment. (Presumably, this is a reference to where he’ll have to pick us up from once the album actually drops and we all, you know, die as a result of how excellent it is.). Del Rey desires to be desired; she likes it when her man makes her feel like a child; she "wants to die". Loosely inspired by frontman Win Butler and his brother Will’s childhood on the outskirts of Houston, The Suburbs has much in common with Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA, with its themes of familial responsibility and personal crises. Not only the album but also one of his songs Adore You's music video was connected with a story of a fish. (JM), On his 69th birthday, two days before his death, David Bowie released perhaps the most extreme album of his career. In contrast to her fragile performance on UFOF, here Adrianne Lenker sings in lusty whoops and calls on “Forgotten Eyes”, while “Not”, the record’s dark, brooding soul, caterwauls with feedback screeches and a merciless, two-minute guitar solo that leaves you simultaneously devastated and enthralled. (HB), After a run of spellbinding singles, the Norse disco maverick released this synthesis of the frivolous and cinematic: an album so casually virtuosic it seemed to have dropped out of an alien supercomputer. The charismatic grime MC is bursting with all the self-aware anger, humour, confusion, vulnerability and creativity of his generation in multicultural urban Britain. Maybe it’s supposed to be the viewers hand, held out as if to ask: ‘May we please get a crumb of Harry Styles?’ Or maybe it’s simply there to add another element of sheer sex appeal to a cover that already exudes a dangerous amount of BDE? “I am actually good, can’t help it if we’re tilted.” (AP), Inspired by the “icy altitudes” of Joni Mitchell’s open-tuned confessionals, the dubstep producer took singer-songwriting into a compelling new landscape of minimalist clicks and autotuned emotion. Styles performed the songs "Sign of the Times" and "Ever Since New York" on the 15 April episode of Saturday Night Live. Speaking to SiriusXM Radio, Styles initially played coy about the cover art, saying he “allegedly” stripped naked for it. There are subtle references to his debut album’s colour scheme. And never better than on 21, a sad, soulful masterpiece which on these shores is the best-selling album of the century. Less hermetically sealed than his debut, it's exquisite in every way, with Vernon’s soulful falsetto woven into a gorgeous patchwork of jazz, folk, ambient and electronica. With synths and Daft Punk guitar licks added into the mix, her fourth album, which she dubbed “cosmic country”, is rich and ambitious with a subtle, psychedelic gloss, winning the Grammy for Album of the Year. (JM), A breathtakingly brave and graceful testament from the ultimate survivor of patriarchal rock. St Vincent, AKA Annie Clark, has a tagline for each of her albums.

(RO), After hit album Voodoo, D’Angelo almost died by various means, including addiction and a car crash. Idk. If 2007’s Neon Bible was a little portentous and po-faced, this album offers moments of levity in tracks such as the shimmering synth-pop masterpiece "Sprawl II". Even the famous band The Beatles had used the fisheye lens camera to click their photos during their TV performance. Blackstar is more alien than Ziggy; as inscrutable as the deepest corners of the universe. “The system broken, the school is closed, the prison’s open,” he sings on “Power”, one of the best protest songs of the century. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. The sound is expansive; there are lyrical and musical motifs throughout. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Random Access Memories restarted the party with good old-fashioned craftmanship and Le Daft’s undiluted love for what they do. Lead single “Nobody”, with its almost aggressive vulnerability, is a masterpiece. The circular photograph of his cover album is a sign of music succession with a fisheye lens. (RO), Upon the release of Be the Cowboy, Mitski described how she had “f***ed with the form, almost in ways that make me uncomfortable” – hardly surprising for an artist whose songs pivot between lullaby-like calm and reckless, scuzzy urgency. Styles has previously described the record as being “all about having sex and feeling sad”. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Dipping into genres as though they’re a dressing-up box, the singer traverses the whole spectrum of emotions as she grapples with the betrayal: “My lonely ear pressed against the walls of your world,” she sings on opener “Pray You Catch Me”. (HB), Red is the last album Swift released before it became impossible to discuss her work without mentioning the narrative around her as a person, not just an artist. (RO), Brilliantly confounding, Blond keeps the spotlight fixed firmly on its creator’s voice. (JM), Released before Trump’s election and the Brexit vote, there was a dark prescience to this gleefully disruptive blast of electronica.

The removal of vocal cord nodules had shaved the edges off its trill, and its new deeper, fuller sound suited an album as intricate and aching as this. (JM), When footage leaked of Solange Knowles hitting and kicking Jay Z in an elevator at the 2014 Met Gala, word was that the rapper had cheated on his wife, and was receiving the full force of her sister’s wrath.

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