Me

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AlbumSep 11 / 201510 songs, 34m 53s
Electropop Art Pop
Popular Highly Rated
8.2 / 10

Empress Of is the alias of Lorely Rodriguez. Her debut EP consisted of shimmering synthpop, and now, she's stepping up as an avant-R&B auteur with pop star potential. Her first proper LP, Me is not just Rodriguez's most outwardly pop-focused work to date, but also her most restlessly experimental and lyrically raw.

9 / 10

The Brooklyn-based producer's come a long way, and this latest step is a pertinent look at youth, love, and modern society.

Making her full-length debut after a few singles and EPs, Empress Of (the electro-pop solo moniker of Lorely Rodriguez) sounds remarkably assured and self-confident on her first album Me.

8 / 10

When Lorely Rodriguez started posting Colorminutes, a series of minute-long musical compositions, to YouTube a few years ago under the name...

8.0 / 10

Empress Of (aka Lorely Rodriguez)'s music is empowering in every sense of the word; sure, it's easy to get swept away by the chilling vocals or mercurial house beats that trace throughout the crystalline surface of her debut album Me, but less obvious are

Brooklyn’s Lorely Rodriguez has a sound that’s all her own on this melancholy debut album

Album Reviews: Empress Of - Me