Four Impactful Tracks from Liv.e’s New Album ‘Girl In the Half Pearl’
USING MUSIC AS A SNAPSHOT FOR HER JOURNEY — Dallas-born and LA–based singer Liv.e emerges from her emotional metamorphosis, putting it all out on wax on her sophomore album, Girl In the Half Pearl.
Emerging with her first two projects, FRANK (2017) and Hoopdreams (2018), Liv.e reached her full sense of clarity with her critically-acclaimed debut album, Couldn't Wait to Tell You. Since then, she’s been caught up in a whirlwind of buzz. Performances with Earl Sweatshirt, collaborations with Mount Kimbie, and an appearance in a Miu Miu ad campaign mark her growth; she made an artistic shift during her experiments with live performances at London’s Laylow venue.
Capturing a newfound sense of creative and personal freedom in the time since her debut, Liv.e sheds more light on her growth and feminine identity on Girl In the Half Pearl. Tackling her reflections on grief and dynamics of her relationships, Liv.e is in the process of finding peace within herself.
Luna highlighted four impactful tracks from the album that illustrate her current mindstate below.
“Gardetto” — As the opener, this track is a jittery mishmash of drum, bass beats, and spacey synths that eventually simmer down into a jazzy groove toward the end. Its cacophonous clash of sounds captures the feeling that Liv.e is floating inside the universe of her own mind, trying to make sense of the disarray within. In a hypnotic cadence, she sings, “When I looked inside my brain, there were all these webs of pain / I always need a fly swatter, spidey don’t come.”
“Ghost” — Continuing the vibe of “Gardetto” with an ambient atmosphere, the serenity of “Ghost” has an eerie yet elegant dissonance when paired with Liv.e’s vocals, which ranges from whispered melodies to full-on screaming. The singer is still struggling to find sleep amidst heartbreak following the aforementioned track, as she sings, “You were all alone, you walked on the side streets / Ain’t have no where to go, can’t stay right beside me.”
“Clowns” — Sonically taking a page from the psychedelic ’80s-soaked synthpop of Prince, “Clowns” builds up to an intense horn-flavored climax alongside Liv.e’s rising vocals that are similar to that on “Ghost.” Offsetting that track’s sense of yearning, this song unleashes a 180-degree whiplash into a fury. Launching into a tirade against a toxic relationship, she yells, “BUT YOU BEEN STEPPIN ON MY LANDMINES, TRYNA BOMB SHIT LATELY / AND I BEEN TRYNA RUN WIT ALL THEM LIES, LIKE THE TRUTH AIN'T FADIN.”
“Wild Animals” — Contrasting the electronic undertones of the three previous tracks, “Wild Animals” feels totally at ease, with lush neo-soul instrumentation. In sync with the production’s relatively upbeat mood, Liv.e carries herself with defiance and integrity on this track. Singling out her male targets for their unashamed rudeness and patriarchal attitude, she exclaims, “The man always gotta have a bitch on a leash but they the ones always playin’ in the field / I’mma be that bitch to tell u personally that most of these dogs don’t deserve a meal.”
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