〈BRIT Awards 2018〉にて最も活躍が期待される新人アーティストに贈られる〈BRITs Critics' Choice 2018〉を受賞した、1997年生まれ英ウォルソール出身のシンガー・ソングライター=ジョルジャ・スミス。2018年の『Lost & Found』に続く約3年振りのアルバム『Be Right Back』が登場!
先行シングル"Addicted"Gone"、南ロンドン出身のラッパー、Shayboをフィーチャーする"Bussdown"を含む8曲入りの作品。ストリングスを用いた楽曲など、キャリアの中で最も感情的で想像力豊かな8曲を収録。今作もヴォーカル、サウンド共に圧倒的な魅力を放つ。

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Be Right Back is intended to tide over listeners before the true follow-up to Jorja Smiths Mercury Prize-nominated Lost & Found. While the way Smith described these songs left the impression that they are offcuts, she also said they were created out of necessity. The singer and songwriter certainly doesnt seem to be merely finding her bearings here, as the eight songs are almost uniformly downcast, coping with loss, longing, and disconnection while articulating daily struggles from making ends meet to mental health. Its weary with rare exception and rigorously purposeful throughout. Most tantalizing is Time, a primarily acoustic and live-sounding piece. It has the makings of a career highlight with a sneaky-brilliant summoning chorus -- Smiths graceful high notes pierce the soul -- but cuts out around the 80-second mark. Among the more fulfilling tracks are Addicted, a tightly wound ballad about a lover lost in the throes of substance abuse, and Digging, a ruminative downer jam of sorts with a tight grip from the first couplet: Im drivin round with my old feelings/Few of them in the back screamin. These songs stand on their own and bode well for the second album. ~ Andy Kellman

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