With each scathing line and serrated hook riff in I’m Sorry, Yung Blasian proves that vulnerability in hyper-trap pop doesn’t have to return wrapped in polished platitudes. As an alternative, it hits like a sledgehammer wielded by somebody with nothing left to lose. The Philadelphia-based artist, who has been quietly sharpening his sonic edge on SoundCloud since 2017, goes in for the emotional kill in his breakthrough hit, which carves via the noise with Latin-laced guitars, delay-drenched choral hooks, and a beat that is aware of no mercy as soon as it drops.
There’s no pretence in his lyrical candour—only a supercharged vignette of coming-of-age heartbreak advised from the uncooked finish of rejection. The Haitian-Japanese vocalist and producer doesn’t simply put on his coronary heart on his sleeve; he shreds it open to reveal how rapidly shallowness could be lowered to rubble when left choosing via the wreckage of fading affection. The emo-adjacent anguish isn’t self-indulgent. It’s methodical. Calculated. Intentional. Yung Blasian doesn’t offer you house to pity him—he drags you into the chaos of each self-effacing lyric and leaves you reeling within the aftermath.
But someway, via the storm of scorn and dejection, he retains the vitality excessive. It’s a whiplash-inducing distinction that’s quick turning into his signature. Together with his ahead-of-the-curve manufacturing fashion, sincerity on the core of each expression, and an genuine voice that cuts via the noise, he’s not simply driving the hyperpop wave—he’s constructing the playground it thrives in.
I’m Sorry is now obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast.
