Supermodels

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Claud had already amassed a rabid fanbase when, in 2020, they hit the jackpot, becoming the first artist to sign to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory Record. Their subsequent album <i>Super Monster</i> cemented their place as an important voice in Gen Z’s queer-pop canon. “My story isn't shown in coming-of-age movies about straight cis couple,” the nonbinary singer told Apple Music in 2021. “I wrote this record to be very visible.” Here, on their heart-on-sleeve follow-up, they zero in on relationships—platonic and romantic, successful and otherwise—and the myriad ways they consume you, especially in your twentie. But even though Claud, now 24, feels all the feelings—delirious adoration (“Crumbs”), bitter heartache (“The Moving On”), the nagging pangs of knowing they’re repeating the same mistakes (“Every Fucking Time”)—<i>Supermodels</i> is more than just a tour of the wreckage. Tucked into each entry are hints of resistance—a refusal to let those mistakes define them—that give each song, even the weepy one, cathartic forward momentum. .

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