It retains the tormented intimacy of his music while elevating his approach to a more radio-friendly consistency than the runny compositions of In Tongues. And as the album’s title announces, he loosely follows a simple objective: fine-tuning his sound against a style championed by the Whitney Houstons and Adeles of the pop mythology. Joji serves as the record’s main producer, manipulating the same chain-clanking samples, tinny percussive hitches, and maudlin keyboards that drove 2017’s In Tongues EP on tracks like “WANTED U” and “XNXX.” But on BALLADS 1, Joji solicits contributions from a grip of artists that align with his cloud-rap and trap-influenced mentality, including Clams Casino, RL Grime, Ryan Hemsworth, and Shlohmo (one of his proclaimed musical idols).
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