Written By Evelyn Shults
Burning Me Down is a poppy fresh sound that differs from Jordana’s popular collaborations with TV Girl. It sounds like a new crush that burns bright and fiery. With a synthy undertone and guitar mingling in with a pop beat, it blends nicely to be a classic pop music sound.
Like That moves into a bit of a more dramatic sound, begging not to go. The embarrassment of love, involving parents, and knowing you’re falling for someone you really shouldn’t. Knowing you shouldn’t have to beg for love but doing it anyway. It holds a similar beat to the first introductory song, however, feels like the next step in the story Jordana tells.
Still Do starts with a deep base drum, and a more minor sound. It slows the story down. The main chorus has an addicting sound that is satisfying to sing along to. The troubles of watching a loved one from afar. Knowing that their love still exists but it’s hard to tell them back. This is a perfect song to represent the complications of familial love.
Blouse starts with a bouncy beat. It is a retelling of laying in the night, thinking through memories, supposedly a “situationship.” Do these things mean as much to me as they do to you? Never knowing the answer to so many questions. Only left with the retelling in your mind of past memories that swirl and circle the drain.
I Wanna Be starts out with a bit of dissonance through the guitar, a foreshadowing of the story. The situationship that pulls you in, wanting so much more, but knowing that it won’t end up that way. You can force yourself to fit in their box, but you will hit the wall eventually. It is exhausting.
Hard Habit To Break tells the story just as the title states, feeling like the outsider in social situations and over apologizing. This feels like such a great representation of neurodivergence showing through, as if you really can’t lie your way through it. Knowing over and over that you have habits to break, but maybe they aren’t meant to break quite yet, or maybe they never will. Jordanaland ends this beautiful album of extreme relatability. A draw out telling of separate words, each consonant is slow and pulls into the next one. This song details the feelings of wanting more, feeling guilt with your wants and needs. Feeling like at the end of your luck, the ball will drop and you will fail.
Overall, this album is incredibly beautiful. Jordana has a wonderful understanding of what it means to make a cohesive and telling album. While some of the songs could include a bit more interest. They are all made seemingly with the same instruments, same tones, same sing songy way of expressing storytelling. It shows a complete mastery of a specific folk pop mix