Yung Lean, an air of redemption – Liberation

You have to see Yung Lean in the clip of Babyface Maniacssecond single of this fifth album expected since 2020. It must be observed to advance as best as possible in the middle of concrete structures while arrows penetrate his body by tens, until he collapsed. It must be understood to meant to repeat the same catchphrase tirelessly (« I am on the run, at the run of everyone ») on a saturated guitar riff, like a slacker from the 1990s, before getting up and announcing his intentions more clearly (« Let’s have fun »). We then understand that he has always done that, sing a mixture of anger, frustration and aspiration for liberation. His already long discography is an inexhaustible variation around the theme « we fall, we get up » and this new long format goes even further in the exploration of his feelings. The most troubled and the most intimate.

In the company or not of Daniel Lopatin (OneOhtrix Point Never), who supervised the production of JonatanYung Lean has obviously listened to a lot of punk and hardcore in recent years. This is heard in his words, which look like those who could have sing Black Flag or Fugazi. This is also understood to these melodies in a gloomy rock vein, passed to the filter of post-punk and emo influences, without being forbidden, there is his strength, rope orchestrations and some pop refrains. In this album, Jonatan has Lessons from Abovethere is no longer any question of Cloud Rap, this kind thanks to which Yung Lean has carved out a nice reputation over the past ten years, playing elbows with the Cadors of the genre, from Travis Scott to Playboi Carti. At the comatose flow, drowned under tons of effects, the Swedish now prefers to play it crooner, without ever falling into the exercise of style, without ever forgetting to put his voice at the service of a sound with neglected beauty. Forever Yung said one of the singles: at just 29 years old, the Swedish holds the most beautiful of the mantras there.

Since 2013, Yung Lean’s music also listens to multiple alias, including the latter, under which he assumes his rock influences in songs with contagious nonchalance.

Published in 2014, these self -contained complaints, sometimes close to Shoegaze, recall that this friend of Yung Lean cannot be summarized in his collaborations with Charli XCX and Oklou.

Cursed verb and plaintive voice: Yung Lean recalls King Krule, whose first album, published in 2013, remains the best way to welcome sulky moods.