Amber Mark
Pretty Idea
NME 80点相当
Clash 80点相当
NYのSSW
2nd
Now, on her second album ‘Pretty Idea’, she surrounds herself with a team of writers and producers who’ve helped shape pop heavyweights – Julian Bunetta (Gracie Abrams), John Ryan (Olivia Dean) and Two Fresh (Duckwrth) – to craft a record of cinematic scope and pristine execution. Every inch of it glows.
Opener ‘Oooo’ thumps to life with funk-flecked bass and silken harmonies, a pop-R&B gem that finds Mark in her cockiest form, seducing her muse with a playful smirk: “You’re thinking too much, falling too hard / Breaking your own heart.” She’s the prize and she knows it, making that clear on this sultry ode to feminine confidence that kicks the album off with delicious swagger.
Beneath all the serene tones, Mark navigates flirtation, confusion, heartbreak, and eventual self-affirmation – and this is the true strength of this album. For every part of the pursuit of love, she has a song to soundtrack that coming-of-age twenty-something exploration.
