Can’t Help It: EVAN Rebuilt Himself and Made Longing Look Easy

Can’t Help It EVAN knows the person is unavailable, knows the situation is embarrassing, and continues writing the song anyway. Finally, a man respecting the ancient pop tradition of making a terrible emotional decision sound adorable. “Can’t Help It” is a compact R&B-pop confession about wanting somebody who already belongs elsewhere. The song does not […]

Made Me a Man: Jackson Wang Removed the Mask and Left Nothing to Hide

Made Me a Man Jackson Wang did not end MAGICMAN 2 with a victory lap. He ended it by taking the costume off, admitting what the climb cost him, and standing there with absolutely nowhere left to hide. This is the quiet answer at the end of an album built around grief, betrayal, burnout, anger, […]