![]() The track is essentially a repetition of lingering, electric riffs that bleed into one another, like the different aspects of Khalid’s personal life, from romance to mental health. This has much to do with its “cinematic” quality, as Khalid himself describes it. The first and perhaps strongest song on the album, “Intro,” is one such (starcrossed) love song that avoids falling into the aforementioned trap. ![]() With singles like “Talk” and “My Bad” hinting at the album’s general exploration of Khalid’s love life, the buildup to the album’s release was simultaneously accurate and misleading - accurate in how representative it was of the album’s overall aesthetic, yet misleading in its erasure of the darker, wiser aspects of the album that weren’t fully fleshed out, if invoked at all, in “American Teen” and “Suncity.” Though “Free Spirit” more often than not falls into the generic pop trap, a few hidden gems suggest Khalid’s personal and artistic growth.įor all his apparent romantic foibles, Khalid recycles parallel, if not indistinguishable, experiences in his love life that make for a homogenous - and almost tiresomely cohesive - album. ![]() Khalid’s much-anticipated sophomore album “Free Spirit” picks up right where his previous EP “ Suncity” left off - with Khalid leaning on the ripe side of the thin line between boyishness and manhood.
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