MØ’s newest single doesn’t come as much of a surprise, and I mean that in the best sense possible. As in, based on what we have previously heard from the Danish songstress, it was kind of obvious that she was going to kill it with her most recent release. “Glass” is everything expected and more, an electric slow beat number with enough sexual charge in its opening that I think I may have just taken my clothes off without realizing it.
This is not to in any way reduce the multitude of layers that exists here. Though she no doubt falls into the pop genre, MØ has a certain grit to her music that sets her apart from many of her contemporaries who tend to be accidentally bubble-gummed thanks to the bells and whistles of synthesizers and high voices. Maybe this is because her voice isn’t necessarily “pretty” per say — instead of focusing on the cleanliness of the notes, MØ’s vocals have a far more visceral quality to them. And visceral is right; aside from previously mentioned sexual undertones, this is undeniably a song about frustration. It is about the intersection of youth and adulthood and all the scariness that lies between. It’s an intense yet utterly listenable piece of music, only made better by the music video where you can really get a view of the pathways in the artist’s mind. (Not to mention I have never seen a cooler piece of clothing than her painted “boss of the boys” jean jacket… I want it, I want it now.)
MØ has essentially taken a genre of music and made it unapologetically her own. Her ability to take bits and pieces of every part of life (both the beautiful and the ugly) and fit them into four minutes is somewhat analogous to the way most of us our learning to navigate life in this fast-paced age. It’s real, it’s relevant, and it better keep coming.