Nine songs that sound like wins on first listen but curdle the longer you sit with them, the unease hiding behind the polish.
Billie Eilish - L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]
Billie Eilish
a breakup ballad that flips into mocking dance-pop, hiding the lie
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (Clean)
KendrickLamarVEVO
a party song about drowning, not dancing
ALSO IN The long fuse
Kendrick Lamar - Alright (Official Music Video)
KendrickLamarVEVO
a hopeful hook carrying survivor's guilt underneath
ALSO IN Rap ran the 2010s
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
KendrickLamarVEVO
fame as a mirror that keeps warping into death
ALSO IN Bars about the business · Kendrick, building the case
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER (COLORS Performance)
Billie Eilish
same guilt-laced lullaby, now a stripped colors performance
Billie Eilish - SKINNY (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
BillieEilishVEVO
body anxiety sung soft enough to miss
ALSO IN Just the two of them
Billie Eilish - THE GREATEST (Live from The LA28 Olympic Handover)
Billie Eilish
olympic stage swallows the song's quiet grief live
ALSO IN Borrowed stages
Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later (Official Music Video) ft. Lil Durk
DrakeVEVO
a good-time anthem laced with paranoia
Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
KanyeWestVEVO
luxury rap with blood still on it
ALSO IN The long fuse
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Carole King sings Carole King
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