I was not sure which order the songs were meant to be
played, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that her story involves
someone falling in love with another but having to leave a city because it’s
not a good place to be. I think the hunters
that were set out to find the character ‘57821’ may symbolize that some things
may simply not work out for you. I found
that the songs seemed to carry a bit of a dismal message pertaining to one’s
dreams being crushed by life in your habitat (the city). The article listed below mentions that her
music is part of R&B, funk, rap, psychedelic rock, and disco, so it may be
a stretch to choose just one. From
listening through the album, I could tell that it had elements of rock, mainly
evidenced from some electric guitar bits here and there. I’m not an aficionado of the R&B/funk/rap
areas, but I have to imagine distorted guitar solos aren’t too common. I also heard some synthesized sounds thrown
in there, which further broadens its genre.
The article listed mentions that she came from the poorest county in
Kansas City, where I think she held her job as a maid early in her career. Having this background would coincide with where
I thought the subject was in her album, although I didn’t see much about
success in the music, contrary to her success in real life. I generally do not look at the artists
themselves when thinking about music, so any of her identities wouldn’t greatly
affect my expectations. Her physical
appearance however, namely her hairstyle, led me to expect some variation from
the norm, of which I have no real definition, but different in some way. This is similar to how Lady Gaga’s style
makes you think of her as different from some of the rest.
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