Peggy Gou
I Hear You
60--90点相当
過去に、
ep とチャート記事で扱い
心地よさはあれど、
ちょっと過去のサウンドのムーブメントを
ただなぞりすぎという感じも。
After years of releasing catchy electro-disco singles that should've been hits, South Korean-born DJ, producer, and songwriter Peggy Gou finally crossed over in 2023, when "(It Goes Like) Nanana" went viral, then became a massive worldwide chart smash. Borrowing the curly guitar lick sound from ATB's early hits, the track is a full-on embrace of late-'90s Euro-dance, with an earworm hook representing an undescribable feeling. While it's certainly memorable, the song is far from Gou's best, and it undersells her talents as an artist. I Hear You, her long-awaited debut full-length, is much closer to the type of risk-taking album fans would expect her to make based on her eclectic DJ sets, seemingly encapsulating her musical evolution and influences in ten songs. There's something distinctly reminiscent of '90s dance albums in the way I Hear You balances obvious singles and festival anthems with downtempo cuts and genre dabblings. Spoken intro "Your Art" incorporates a poem by artist Olafur Eliasson, who designed the psychoacoustic empathy amp Gou wears on the album's cover. "Back to One" is the sort of propulsive disco-house floor-filler that has become Gou's signature, and there are other tracks in this vein on the album, but she tries plenty of different ideas as well. "I Believe in Love Again" features a familiar Korg organ tone used in numerous dance hits, set to a stripped-back drum pattern and featuring falsetto vocals by Lenny Kravitz in soul crooner mode.
韓国生まれのDJ、プロデューサー、ソングライター