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Pop albums are drowning in 'narrative.' What happens when we go in cold?

Pop albums are drowning in 'narrative.' What happens when we go in cold?
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New albums by Lizzo and the rising artist Imani Imani are both "event" records — but one arrives with arguably too much backstory, the other with almost none.(Image credit: Lizzo (left) by Jason Renaud / Imani Imani courtesy of pgLang)

New albums by Lizzo and the rising artist Imani Imani are both "event" records — but one arrives with arguably too much backstory, the other with almost none.

(Image credit: Lizzo (left) by Jason Renaud / Imani Imani courtesy of pgLang)

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