brakence - hypochondriac ALBUM REVIEW
Summary
TLDRIn this review, Anthony Fantano dissects 'Hypochondriac', the latest album from multi-talented artist Breakin. Despite its genre-blending sound, combining emo vocals with glitchy pop and math rock, the album faces criticism for its self-absorbed lyrics and lack of humility. While acknowledging the potential in Breakin's music, Fantano is let down by the album's egotistical undertones and overused internet samples, ultimately giving it a lukewarm reception.
Takeaways
- 🎶 The script is a music review of the album 'Hypochondriac' by the artist Breakin.
- 🔍 Breakin is a multi-talented artist known for his organic following and unique musical style.
- 📈 Breakin gained popularity during the 2020 pandemic with tracks like 'fuckboy' and 'FWB'.
- 🎵 'Hypochondriac' is described as a more thorough introduction to Breakin's musical potential than his previous work.
- 🤔 The album combines emo vocals, glitchy pop production, math rock guitars, and hip-hop beats, creating a multi-genre fusion.
- 🎤 Breakin's vocals are characterized by a husky tenor with vibrato, often processed to have a synthetic quality.
- 😕 Some lyrics are criticized for being conceited, anti-social, and obsessed, which may detract from the music's appeal.
- 👎 The reviewer finds certain tracks to be self-aggrandizing and lacking in self-awareness, despite Breakin's attempt at groundbreaking music.
- 👍 'CBD' is highlighted as a standout track with a catchy chorus and less toxic lyrical content.
- 😔 The song 'stung' is noted for its emotional bitterness, which the reviewer feels is not explored in a healthy way.
- 🔚 The album concludes with 'introvert', which the reviewer finds well-crafted but still marred by the album's overarching egoism.
Q & A
Who is the artist being reviewed in the script?
-The artist being reviewed is Breakin, a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
What is the name of the album being reviewed?
-The album being reviewed is called 'Hypochondriac'.
What was the reviewer's initial impression of Breakin's previous album?
-The reviewer felt that Breakin's previous album, 'Punk two', was cut and dry with a short tracklist that didn't feel like a complete introduction to Breakin and his full potential.
What are some of the musical elements present in 'Hypochondriac'?
-The album features a mix of emo-inspired vocals, lyrics, and songwriting, glitchy pop production, math rock guitars, and hip-hop beats.
How does the reviewer describe Breakin's vocal style?
-Breakin's vocal style is described as a husky tenor with a lot of vibrato and a part synthetic, part humanoid quality due to the processing on his tracks.
What is the reviewer's opinion on the lyrics of the album?
-The reviewer finds some of the lyrics conceited, slightly anti-social, and at times, obsessed, which can be off-putting despite the good production.
What is the reviewer's stance on the song 'Caffeine'?
-The reviewer criticizes 'Caffeine' for its ego trip and self-referential lyrics, suggesting that Breakin's self-assessment as 'snobby' is not as intended.
What does the reviewer think about the song 'Intellectual Greed'?
-The reviewer appreciates the rock-driven instrumentals and passionate vocals in 'Intellectual Greed' but finds the production a bit blown out.
How does the reviewer describe the song 'CBD'?
-The reviewer considers 'CBD' to be a great song with a smooth, funky chorus and good pop hooks, despite its 'woe is me' theme.
What is the reviewer's final verdict on the album 'Hypochondriac'?
-The reviewer gives the album a mixed review, acknowledging the good songwriting and production but criticizing the album's egoism and some of the lyrical content.
What does the reviewer suggest for Breakin's next project?
-The reviewer hopes that Breakin's next project will move on to a different perspective and flush out the egoism that is evident in 'Hypochondriac'.
Outlines
🎶 Review of Breakin's 'Hypochondriac' Album
The paragraph introduces a review of Breakin's new album 'Hypochondriac'. The reviewer, described as the internet's busiest music nerd, provides an overview of Breakin's career, mentioning his previous tracks and the impact of the pandemic on his work. The album is described as a more complete introduction to Breakin's music, showcasing a unique blend of emo vocals, glitchy pop, math rock guitars, and hip-hop beats. The reviewer also comments on Breakin's vocal style and the thematic content of the album, which includes self-obsession and egoism, as well as the use of internet samples and references to other music genres.
🎧 Mixed Reactions to Breakin's Musical Fusion
This paragraph delves into the specifics of the album's tracks, highlighting the multi-genre fusion experience that the reviewer hoped for. The discussion includes the standout hook of the first track, the lyrics that the reviewer finds conceited, and the self-referential and braggadocious bars that come across as anti-social. The paragraph also touches on the ego trip present in the album, the use of internet samples, and the emotional content of the songs, which the reviewer finds to be explored from an unhealthy perspective. The critique is balanced with acknowledgment of the album's good production and song structure, despite the lyrical content that the reviewer finds problematic.
🔊 Breakin's Egoism and Self-Awareness in 'Hypochondriac'
The final paragraph of the script wraps up the review with a focus on the album's self-awareness and the artist's embrace of egoism. The reviewer discusses the narrative of the album, questioning whether the listener has been experiencing an 'Angry emo boy simulation' and whether the artist's acknowledgment of his egoism is a genuine attempt at self-reflection or a post-hoc justification for the album's negative vibes. The paragraph ends with the reviewer's rating of the album and an invitation for viewers to share their thoughts and suggest future reviews, encouraging engagement with the channel.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Break-ins
💡Hypochondriac
💡Emo-inspired vocals
💡Glitchy pop production
💡Math rock guitars
💡Egoism
💡Caffeine
💡Bubblegum pop
💡Venus flytrap
💡Elden Ring
Highlights
Review of the new record 'Hypochondriac' by artist Breakin.
Breakin is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist with a growing organic following.
Previous tracks like 'Fuckboy' and 'FWB' gained attention during the 2020 pandemic.
The album 'Punk two' was short and did not fully showcase Breakin's potential.
Hypochondriac is a more thorough introduction to Breakin's musical style.
The record features a unique blend of emo vocals, glitchy pop, math rock guitars, and hip-hop beats.
Breakin's husky tenor voice is processed to give it a synthetic-humanoid quality.
Lyrics in the album can come across as conceited and anti-social.
Breakin's self-referential lyrics about being a 'trendy boy' and his music projects.
The song 'Caffeine' is an ego trip where Breakin discusses his youth and musical aspirations.
Breakin's acknowledgment of his ego and self-obsession in the song 'Teeth'.
Lyrical content includes references to being objectified as a performer.
The song 'Intellectual Greed' features a rock-driven instrumental with passionate vocals.
The track '5G' leans into cookie-cutter vocals and disjointed production.
The song 'CBD' is praised as a great song with a catchy chorus despite its self-pitying theme.
Breakin's emotional bitterness is explored in the song 'Stung'.
The song 'Deep Fake' acknowledges a fake personality and ego issues.
The track 'Introvert' is well-crafted but still contains self-deprecating themes.
The album's conclusion suggests a simulation of an 'angry emo boy' and questions the authenticity of the portrayed emotions.
The reviewer rates the album a 5 out of 10, noting the potential but also the issues with egoism and lyrical content.
Transcripts
hi everyone breathing drain Tano here
the internet's busiest music nerd and
it's time for a review of this new
breakage record hypochondriac this is a
brand new project from singer songwriter
producer multi-instrumentalist break-ins
who has been building quite the organic
Following over the past few years
breaking out with tracks like fuckboy
and FWB in the thick of the pandemic
2020. these tracks and more ended up
gracing the very cut and dry album that
he uh dropped immediately after Punk two
whose tracklist was so short it just
didn't really feel like a super complete
introduction to break-ins and his full
potential however hypochondriac seems to
be that much more thorough and robust
entrance that I was hoping for when I
had first come across his music as yes
this record over here kind of gives us
the a fullest picture of breakinson's
musical makeup which is a pretty unique
one at that as we have a lot of emo
inspired vocals lyrics and songwriting
underscored by glitchy pop production
and whips of math rock guitars as well
as hip-hop beats there's also the matter
of break-ins's very husky tenor which
has a lot of vibrato on it much of the
time plus he processes it in a way on
his tracks that gives it um like a part
synthetic part humanoid quality getting
into the record itself it did manage to
be the multi-genre fusion experience
that I hoped it would right from the
first track we have melodramatic lead
vocals calling out over Punchy beats and
Matthew guitar Loops a standout hook as
well with all I can do to make me get
over you which I am singing very badly
the only thing that makes me hold back
on the track quite a bit is
um some of the lyrics where break-ins
goes on saying things like why you want
a link I'd rather finger [ __ ] strings I
don't know how to be a lust King no I
don't want to be intimate you want me
playing you like an instrument I mean
Different Strokes for different folks
not everybody needs to be DT F the
moment that they're propositioned but
the tone of these lyrics and others on
this track just comes across a very
conceited and maybe even slightly
anti-social even slightly obsessed when
you look at some of the more
braggadocious bars on the track about
being a trendy boy who's making checks
to continue funding his uh big Pants
music projects and if there was ever any
doubt that his feelings were kind of
leaning in this direction we have the
following cut caffeine which goes full
ego trip as break-ins says how this
[ __ ] obvious to you I'm not even 21
my music be the snobbyist somehow I'm
gonna get it done him calling his own
music snobby is kind of a tell and not
in the way that he thinks it is because
it's clear he's trying to get across
that he's truly on to something
groundbreaking here but I don't think
that could be farther from the truth
there's even a moment on the opening
track where he takes a jab at bubblegum
pop as if he has more in common with
Aphex Twin than Owl City and believe me
it's the opposite which inherently
there's nothing wrong with but like have
a sense of where you are guy and look
it's sad that this energy is like just
spilling out all over this track and
many others because it often ruins
perfectly good and very Cutting Edge
production not to mention the mix of
Vibes on these tracks becomes a bit
silly when he's working in these random
kooky samples from the internet
including the Wombo Combo reaction
okay keeping up with that true emo
Spirit the song Venus flytrap is about a
girl that he is deeply obsessed with and
she's playing him he can't resist her
she's got kisses laced with poison still
one of the catchier and Slicker cuts on
the record even if some of the lyrical
content is
uh kind of the same story with the track
teeth although on this one break and
says ego is under the microscope again
his Newfound Fame sees him mixing
self-expression with self-obsession he
later follows this up with a bar where
he is fighting for his life like the
ring is Eldon Jesus it's it's a hard
game yes I get it but ugh he also says
that he's gonna take a breath before his
ego Goes Pop why why off this smidge of
Internet hype you're literally out here
on your record making one of the worst
Elden ring references most obvious mind
you of the year how did we get here the
track is still not without its merits
there are some points where lyrically he
does make some interesting metaphors
about being objectified as a performer
but then he instantly undermines it with
moments like I hit Ctrl alt delete and
yet I can't stop manufacturing hate
again it's sad because the production is
is generally pretty good and break-ins
also seems to know his way around a good
song structure but I'm not going to sit
here and let him launder these
completely awful bars through uh some
good tunes and beats intellectual greed
switches things up with one of the more
rock driven instrumentals on the lp the
drums and guitars on this one are on 10
though I'm not too crazy about the
production sounding a little too blown
out the vocals are especially passionate
on this one too as Breakin sings about
all the things that he wanted out of
success coming with his music be it
money Fame uh everyone under his Reign
it's a music career it's not a
dictatorship granted this track feels
more like a commentary on egoism than an
outright Embrace of it but uh only
slightly break-ins also leans a bit too
hard into all of these uh cookie pitch
vocals on the following 5G and while
there is a solid tune at the core of
preparation exercise the Glitchy sped up
passages around the midpoint and then
the dejected Ambi and pop passages to
follow are just kind of disjointed and
obnoxious following this up though is
the track CBD which I legitimately think
is a great song fantastic song even if
it is a little woe is me cause no one
cares for me except me still the chorus
is smooth it's funky it's one of the
better pop hooks I've heard this year
many of the bars on the track are free
of the usual toxicity on the album
though I do think breakings enjoys his
uh Lone Wolf Joker mode uh a little more
than he would like to let on though he
does subject us to a lot of uh strange
bits of emotional bitterness on the song
stung which I love and respect this
track's genius musical transition from
the previous track very smooth totally
seamless the wavy arpeggio beds
throughout the track also set a perfect
stage for break-ins to go into this
personal musical monologue which again
great in concept great in concept but uh
it's utterly ruined with bars like if
this is the time cut out the IV taken
that blade just just do it Nike
and with Argyle The Narrative of this
track I'm such a bad boy I didn't even
love you I was pretending the whole time
I don't want a girl I don't even want a
man my only friend is whatever I'm
tripping on look everyone deserves an
outlet for their feelings I don't come
on here to delegitimize the emotions
going into this track I just don't think
they're being
um explored from a very healthy place is
what I'm saying which also comes through
on the track deep fake as well even
though the keys and the falsetto vocals
have kind of a beautiful bonivare-ass
quality to them on the intro narratively
the track does see break-ins
acknowledging his ego and talking about
how his personality uh was fake now that
his ego has been popped however this
realization doesn't see him kind of
replacing that with anything better as
the Tantrum he's throwing over this very
powerful progression and uh beat is
really just in here sword in my opinion
though I suppose in a way it does bring
things to a very explosive end and sets
things up for some of the revelations on
the track introvert which I think is
genuinely one of the more well-crafted
songs on the lp even if it is couched in
a lot of the same woe is me deprecation
the cute country s beats and guitar
passages are quite nice we have a
section of more silly sound effects
which is eventually met with this uh
woman speaking she sounds like she's
some kind of like AI or computer program
or something saying break-ins has been
successfully eradicated he would rather
make selfish art than serve a higher
purpose has has he been deleted were we
just experiencing this like Angry emo
boy simulation the entire time what is
going on here uh and is this just an
attempt to like post Hawk justify like
all of the uh crappy Vibes and attitudes
and perspectives throughout the album up
to this point oh it's like bad and I
know it's bad and I've acknowledged that
it's bad uh because I've I've been
deleted I guess but like truth be told
there's a lot of selfish art being made
out there every day even if break-ins is
acknowledging that at this point on the
album the fact that he takes himself as
like a prime example of doing that uh
just again is another example of the ego
being shown on the record even though
it's trying to actively work against
being egotistical in this moment and
show at least a modicum of
self-awareness look there's nothing
inherently wrong with an album that is
uh centered around oneself or or even
just kind of being sad but in this
instance uh due to perspective due to
philosophy due to uh whatever it
translates in the worst way even if the
genre combinations the songwriting and
production generally on this thing are
pretty good and if what self-awareness
we do see on this record uh from
break-ins is true and real and genuine
next project will move on to something
else in terms of perspective and truly
flush the egoism that this album is very
obviously embracing but simultaneously
saying that's bad I'm feeling a light
too decent five on this one transition
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