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Debut Mabel Album

Swedish/British singer Mabel just released her debut album High Expectations yesterday  (2nd August). Daughter of Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and British music producer Cameron McVey, Mabel was born in Spain, grew up in Stockholm in Sweden and later moved to the UK. She released her debut single Know Me Better back in summer 2015, so her first album has been a long time coming! She previously brought out the EP Bedroom and the mixtape Ivy to Roses, but this is her first full length, studio album.

In June I did an Upcoming Album Releases post which also featured American singer BANKS' album III. You can read the post here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/upcoming-album-releases.html

High Expectations consists of 20 tracks in total, with 14 main songs and 6 bonus ones. The tracklist includes the singles Don't Call Me Up, Mad Love and Bad Behaviour (promotional single), plus previous releases Finders Keepers featuring Kojo Funds, Fine Line with Not3s and Cigarette with Raye and Stefflon Don.

It's a good album. The music is similar to Bedroom and Ivy to Roses, a mixture of pop and R'n'B, with some Afropop such as on Finders Keepers. So if you like them you'll probably like High Expectations. :) My favourite songs are Finders Keepers (which I already have since it;s on the EP bedroom), FML, Put Your Name On It, We Don't Say,  OK Anxiety Anthem and Not Sayin'. I also like Don't Call Me Up, Fine Line, Mad Love and Bad Behaviour. The intro, interlude and outro are all good as well, especially Stckhlm Syndromr. Sometimes I really like the intros/interludes of an album and think it's a shame that theyre short! lol. Here are a few of my favourite songs. :)

Finders Keepers feat. Kojo Funds

Finders Keepers was released as a single in May 2017 and to No. 8 in the UK charts. You can watch the video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/03/weekly-music-video_22.html


Fine Line feat. Not3s

This was a single released in early 2018. Check out the video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/02/weekly-music-video_7.html


Mad Love

2nd single from the album. Visit this post to watch the video (scroll down to Mabel section): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/upcoming-album-releases.html


Bad Behaviour

The video for Bad Behaviour came out on 24th July. I think it's a promotional single.


FML

FML stands for F**k My Life. This is the official audio. As you can tell by the title, it's explicit! :)


We Don't Say

This is We Don't Say which is about wishing you'd said how you truly felt about someone you were in a relationship with. It  has a nice chilled vibe.


Put Your Name On It

Another good one. :) It's about telling a man to stop messing you around and commit, because you deserve to be treated well.


OK (Anxiety Anthem)

As someone who has anxiety, I love the fact that Mabel included a song about having anxiety and how it's ok not to be ok sometimes. :)  It's not a subject that there re a lot of song about, as far as I'm aware. She's spoken about suffering from anxiety and depression as a child and teenager, and how music has helped her.


Update 16/8/19: The music video for OK has just been uploaded:



You can also see the videos for My Lover with Not3s and Ring Ring with Jax Jones and Rich The Kid in the Upcoming Album Releases post.

Listen to the whole album at these links:

YouTube: High Expectations playlist

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7G9QcvG6U223NqJzVIMNrZ

Hope you like the post! I'll update with music videos as and when there are any. :) What do you think of High Expectations?

Want more Mabel? Check out these links:

Post about her EP Bedroom: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/05/new-mabel-ep.html

Songs from the mixtape Ivy to Roses: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/11/debut-mabel-mixtape.html

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