MØ – Motordrome

The third album from Danish pop star MØ is an electro-pop selection box with moments of real brilliance

Album Review by Tara Hepburn | 24 Jan 2022
  • MØ – Motordrome
Album title: Motordrome
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Label: RCA
Release date: 28 Jan

Despite lending her vocals to what was once one of the world's biggest songs (Major Lazer's megahit Lean On had the summer of 2015 in a headlock), Danish pop sensation MØ remains an alternative figure in the world of pop. Her unique blend of cool and collected electro-pop examines new depths on her third album Motordrome

There's lots to enjoy here. The violin-heavy opener Kindness sets the tone for an album which doubles down on the theatrics of the lyrics. Her voice has rarely sounded better than it does on the menacing and seductive Youth Is Lost, a song which playfully namechecks The Little Mermaid one minute, lamenting the brevity of human life the next. Other highlights include anthemic sad gal singalong Cool to Cry, end-of-the-night yearning power ballad Goosebumps and the sexy guitar-driven Hip Bones.

Brad Pitt is an ode to MØ's childhood crush, and the actor's relationship with Juliette Lewis. The song contains the refrain: 'If we never make it, I'm OK with it'. You get the sense that – really – she's far from OK with it. These are songs for dark evenings in big cities, dancing through heartbreak. For when you feel small, but anything feels possible.

Listen to: Youth Is Lost, Cool to Cry, Goosebumps

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