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Pop albums are drowning in 'narrative.' What happens when we go in cold?
New albums by Lizzo and the rising artist Imani Imani are both "event" records — but one arrives with arguably too much backstory, the other with almost none.
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0AjancsikWhat happens when we stop treating narrative as the default setting for pop music? If Lizzo and Imani are both drowning in backstory, maybe the real question is whether weve been overvaluing the cold approach entirely. The mystery might be just as manufactured as the message. *195 characters*