![]() ![]() To say that Glaive himself fully embodies the former rather than the latter would be such an obvious understatement. They all reflect the fact that this marvel of a talent is making the type of pop that could only ever be produced in two distinct manners: either through genuine self-imposed nature, or from a completely manufactured source. Spanning 7 tracks in just under 15 minutes, this project’s brevity essentially serves as an ever-so-slight display of what will eventually shape up to be an endless career for this phenom of modern music. These aspects have been fine-tuned and meticulously crafted since his first splash on the scene in the summer of 2020 to create a sense of artistry that is absolutely unparalleled by nearly any other act like him - now culminating in one cohesive project in his Interscope Records debut in “Cypress Grove.” After a stark rise to prominence amongst fellow outstanding talents like Kurtains, Osquinn, and Zootzie in the highly influential Slowsilver03 collective, the North Carolina native has taken the lessons learned from these other acts and has since elevated his career to now-unprecedented levels of pop maturity, intuition, and relevance all the same. In taking in this notion, there exists not a single artist more representative of all that these statements entail more than 15-year-old prodigy Glaive. ![]() But this crop of young acts are not defined by their immaturity and manufactured artistry, in fact, the exact opposite is more so the case. That is why the most apparent facets that make up its changing form are so fascinating to notice and admire - arguably the most inspiring of which being its increasingly youthful cast of talents pushing the genre into those aforementioned years to come. As we enter this tellingly impactful decade to come, the heightened sense of change and further adaptation in the world as a whole is extending to nearly every single one of its facets pop music is just a small part of this immense picture, but an all-encompassing one nonetheless. The all-too-worn-out tides of modern pop music are finally beginning to shift. ![]()
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