Have you ever met someone who had “go big or go home” written all over their face? That’s Georgia Webster for me. I’ve kept up with the pop singer/songwriter since 2021, when she was a senior in high school blowing up for her debut single “Tell Your Mom”, a song with the hilarious hook, “Tell your mom to stop calling me!” After seeing that, the only thing that would shock me more than her releasing an album and promptly ditching her smartphone, would be if she was nonchalant

The worlds of all three of Lexi Jayde’s projects collide for me upon the release of her debut album LOVER GIRL. My first memory of Jayde’s music was looping her breakthrough single “Hate To Be You” (2022) while angry about long-forgotten problems in my freshman year of high school. Not long after, I discovered her debut EP a teenage diary, and added its songs, chronicling the end of her teenage years, to my playlist. Now, LOVER GIRL is there for me as I leave my teenage years

Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz and the Tantrums - photo by Louise Geri In a nutshell, Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs of Fitz and the Tantrums are your high school English teacher and music teacher, respectively. You know, the ones who are best friends and bring the room to life whenever they enter the other’s classroom. I went into the Fitz & the Tantrums concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA expecting a majority teenage crowd decked out in edgy punk

Olivia Rodrigo’s third album and latest release, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, is innately confusing. Olivia teased the record in a TikTok insinuating that she’d “scrapped her whole album” following a breakup, hence side A, “girl so in love” and side B, “you seem pretty sad”. I rate you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love an 8.5/10. The album cover for you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love My favorite thing, when listening to an album, is the story it tells

Since I first heard Holly Humberstone’s “Scarlett” in 2022, I’ve admired the sharpness and electricity of the British pop singer’s music. Her third studio album, Cruel World, is wise, witty and sensual. Through searching for friends when in doubt, being a friend to those in doubt, and struggling with societal pressures related to aging, Holly finds light in a cruel world. I rate Cruel World an 8.5/10. The album cover for Cruel World The most captivating songs on the album com