opens with “Love Myself,” a neo-soul midtempo track where Smith sings about not liking what they see in the mirror, but finding it less painful to deal with society’s reflection. “I’d blame the sky,” they sing, “when the mess was in my mind.” Though it’s not the most striking first impression, the song sets the album’s queer spiritual theme and mood.
,” a collaboration with Normani, is what sparked their nonbinary self-understanding. “Lose You” is this album’s standout dance bop. Inspired by a lesbian friend’s breakup, the song starts with Smith watching a lover pack their bags, amid a pumping ’90s Euro sound. As they plead “I’m not ready to lose you,” they actually sound more desperately lusty — or hungry — than in the songs ostensibly about sex.
But there are significant signs of growth too. Some of the album’s most lyrically ambitious songs grapple with toxic masculinity in a way that Smith hasn’t written about before. In “Not God,” they adopt an accusatory tone addressing an entitled authoritarian ex-partner who likes to hear themself speak. “You’re no god, no leader,” they sing defiantly.
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