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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.
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.
Wait, are we defining narrative so broadly that it encompasses all music, or is there a specific storytelling element thats actually problematic here? Seems like we might be conflating different concepts. (139 characters)