Woman on the Internet
Orla Gartland navigates adulthood with shimmering alt pop on Woman on the Internet
The former YouTube star builds on her usual mix of effortlessly warm folk and pop with nods to alt-rock influences
For a generation who spent their teenage years on Tumblr and Instagram, the titular character of the Woman On The Internet is somebody familiar; a stranger behind a screen who seemingly has their life together, someone who can seem like a great source of inspiration when you’re not entirely sure what you should be doing...but someone who you would benefit from breaking free of.
As another child of YouTube’s huge acoustic boom of the 2010s, with ‘Woman On The Internet’ Orla Gartland tackles growing up, chaos and
This beautifully crafted debut spans pop-punk to indie rock, with knife-sharp lyrics all the way
Orla Gartland’s ‘Woman on the Internet’ attempts to challenge social norms but gets mired in lyrical abstractions. Read our review.