{"id":98,"date":"2025-04-11T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/?p=98"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:45:00","slug":"the-music-on-daniela-rathanas-new-album-doesnt-do-the-lyrics-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"The music on Daniela Rathana’s new album doesn’t do the lyrics justice."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Daniela Rathana’s second album is infused with a tone of self-examination. \u201cWhere do you go when you\u2019ve already shown everything?\u201d she asks on the title track, Where Strippers Go to Die<\/em>. Set to an arrangement worthy of a Bond film \u2013 with dramatic pianos and strings \u2013 the 29-year-old artist reflects on baring oneself when it’s already too late, like a naked stripper on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feeling of having \u201cgiven everything\u201d is also echoed in the breakup anthem Fuck ditt liv<\/em> \u2013 as bitter as Cherrie\u2019s L\u00e4mna han<\/em>, as empowering as Miley Cyrus\u2019s Flowers<\/em>, and with a hook tailor-made to be shouted along to on the dance floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniela Rathana\u2019s debut, Rathana Club<\/em> from 2021, won a Grammis for Pop Album of the Year, though it leaned just as heavily into R&B. The songs portrayed decadence, toxic relationships, and teenage aesthetics \u2013 all in a bold, clever, and captivating manner. Since the start of her solo career, she has been under the wing of Oskar Linnros, who has served as executive producer for both albums. Like its predecessor, the new record is characterized by a cinematic language. If Rathana Club<\/em> was a quality drama, the follow-up is a moderately entertaining TV series, where the tension is kept alive by a few core ingredients \u2013 in this case, primarily the lyrics. One example is Mangat\u00e5rar<\/em>, where the tone shifts between delicate and cheeky. The song revolves around the unfiltered character Rathana has deliberately created for herself \u2013 and the mechanisms behind it. \u201cI know I\u2019m animated, call it survival,\u201d she sings over playfully plucked strings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charming R&B from her debut is notably absent. Instead, the sound leans toward a safe pop center \u2013 well-produced but rarely surprising. Daniela Rathana\u2019s artistry otherwise soars high on the artistic pole, with a distinct aesthetic and songwriting that carries both sharpness and depth. To match her otherwise distinctive expression, the production would have needed to take more creative risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniela Rathana’s second album explores themes of self-examination and vulnerability, reflected in tracks like “Where Strippers Go to Die” and the breakup anthem “Fuck ditt liv.” While her debut leaned towards R&B, this release embraces a safer pop sound. Despite lacking surprise, her songwriting showcases depth and artistic flair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swedishpost.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}