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Song of the Day #5,830: ‘Fortnight’ – Taylor Swift

Continuing my countdown of 2024 notable album releases by women…

The Ladies of 2024
#6 – Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

I spent 12 days last month walking through my preferred version of this album, so I won’t go too deep into the official release now.

Swift is a talented enough songwriter and performer to guarantee anything she releases will be at least good and often great. And Tortured Poets has plenty of great moments. The problem is that this is truly a case of “less is more.”

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Song of the Day #5,829: ‘Cardinal’ – Kacey Musgraves

Continuing my countdown of 2024 notable album releases by women…

The Ladies of 2024
#7 – Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well

I really wanted to love this album, having been firmly on the Kacey Musgraves bandwagon since her 2013 debut, Same Trailer Different Park. That album was such a breath of fresh air, and might still be the best thing she’s done.

Sophomore effort Pageant Material offered more sharp songwriting, and 2018’s Golden Hour was a revelation, crossing genre boundaries on its way to a well-deserved Album of the Year Grammy.

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Song of the Day #5,828: ‘Von dutch’ – Charli XCX

Beginning my countdown of 2024 notable album releases by women…

The Ladies of 2024
#8 – Charli XCX – Brat

I feel bad putting this album in last place because it feels like a judgement on the music. Really, it’s an acknowledgement of my own narrow tastes.

Brat is an EDM album that nods to the London rave scene where Charli XCX cut her teeth as a teenage performer. It’s aggressive, snarky, and loud — music to lose your mind to.

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Song of the Day #5,827: ‘Espresso’ – Sabrina Carpenter

Before I get to my countdown of 2024’s albums by the women of pop, I had to give a nod to Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso,’ surely destined to be the Song of the Summer even at this early date.

Carpenter’s sixth studio album, Short n’ Sweet, is coming this August. If ‘Espresso’ is any indication, it should be a fun one. Second single ‘Please Please Please’ is another pop confection (and features Carpenter’s boyfriend, actor Barry Keoghan, in its video).

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