Magic I Want U
| "Magic I Want U" | ||||
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 Original cover[a] | ||||
| Single by Jane Remover | ||||
| B-side | "How to Teleport" | |||
| Released | September 4, 2024 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | DeadAir | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Jane Remover singles chronology | ||||
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"Magic I Want U" is a song by the American musician Jane Remover. It was released by DeadAir Records on September 4, 2024, alongside its B-side "How to Teleport". It was written, performed, and mixed by Remover. Following two tracks released in July 2024, it was released while Remover was touring with JPEGMafia. It is a pop, emo, and R&B track that draws from a variety of other genres. It is characterized by a mixture of instruments and sounds including fuzzy guitars, skittering breakbeats, synthesizers, drums, trap chants, and air horns. Its lyrics discuss a crush that Remover has on another musician, as well as sexual desire. "How to Teleport" is a hyperpop song that is also reminiscent of footwork, and is about feeling lost and hopeless. "Magic I Want U" was met with positive reviews from critics; it was considered one of the best songs of the year by Pitchfork and Anthony Fantano, while Paste included it in their mid-decade list.
Background and release
[edit]Following the release of her second studio album, Census Designated, in October 2023, Jane Remover released the tracks "Flash in the Pan" and "Dream Sequence" in July 2024.[1] She also opened for JPEGMafia's North American tour during 2024.[2] The single[3][4] "Magic I Want U" was released by DeadAir Records on September 4, 2024, alongside its B-side "How to Teleport".[5][6] It was written, performed, and mixed by Remover.[7]
Composition
[edit]"Magic I Want U" is 4 minutes and 58 seconds long.[8] It is a pop,[3][4] emo,[5][9] and R&B[5][9] song that draws from a variety of genres, such as hyperpop, Latin music, 1990s hip-hop,[10] EDM, and digicore.[3] Its production contains fuzzy guitars,[5] synthesizer hooks,[4] drums,[3] and skittering[5][11] breakbeats;[3][4][5] Pitchfork's Mano Sundaresan compared the latter to the work of Dijon.[3] He also said that the use of trap chants and air horns serve as a reminder of "her internet-rap roots".[3] For Paste, Leah Weinstein wrote that the song's synthesizers are reminiscent of Bladee.[10] Tom Breihan from Stereogum said the song sounds like "a million things happening at once".[5] Jason Lipshutz, writing for Billboard, said Remover removes the song's elements "one by one, as if a song about infatuation can be treated like a Jenga tower".[4] Juan Velasquez, for Them, wrote that the track "took her melancholy hyperpop shoegaze to a whole new level". He also called the track "confident", "flirty", and "danceable", and mentioned how it is reminiscent of Total Request Live-era love songs.[12] Its hook is grunge-inspired, and the song finishes with Miami bass.[3] The song is written about a crush that Remover has on another musician[5] and sexual desire.[10] Sundaresan called her vocals "big" and "complex", and compared them to K-pop vocals.[3]
The B-side of "Magic I Want U", "How to Teleport", is 3 minutes and 26 seconds long.[8] It is a hyperpop song with drum programming that is reminiscent of Chicago footwork. Breihan commented on how its "melodies lurch in different directions without losing their mournful core", and that the song was written about "feeling lost and helpless".[5]
Critical reception
[edit]"Magic I Want U" was met with positive reviews from critics. It was awarded the "Best New Track" accolade from Pitchfork, Sundaresan wrote that "Jane sounds more confident than ever" and called her an "emo mad scientist, channeling the vastness of her growing palette into raw feeling".[3] Grant Sharples of Uproxx said the track "sounds like typical Jane Remover, which is invariably great", but also commented on how it sonically changes its course simultaneously, and said it is "one of her best tracks to date".[9] Konstantinos Pappis from Our Culture Mag named it one of the best songs of the week, calling it a "slinky" and "ecstatic".[13] The track ranked 90th in a year-end readers poll published by Pitchfork.[14] In an unranked list of the best LGBTQ+ songs of the year, Velasquez said: "Let's hope "Magic I Want U" is a hint of what the singer/producer has in store for us in 2025".[12] Billboard included the song in their list of "20 Pop Songs from 2024 That Deserved to Be Smashes"; Lipshutz praised it, alongside Remover's other 2024 singles, for being "obsessed with the finely manicured details of pop music, and how they can be deconstructed".[4]
"Magic I Want U" was placed in year-end lists from Pitchfork and Anthony Fantano, as well as in a mid-decade list by Paste. Pitchfork considered it the 10th best song of the year. The writer Meaghan Garvey lauded its mix of instruments, and called it the best of the singles Remover released in 2024. She also mentioned how it "transcends past niches […] and simply gives us a hit".[11] Fantano ranked it the 45th best song of the year and called it a "sharp piece of Internet pop".[15] Paste thought it was the 85th best song of the decade so far; Weinstein mentioned how Remover's music "has become more and more difficult to describe" and wrote that her production "diverts your attention to something new every single second". She concluded by writing, "Jane Remover makes it clear she refuses to be put in a box—and if you try, she’ll go ahead and make that impossible, too".[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ During October 2024, the digital artwork was changed to the "Flash in the Pan" cover.
References
[edit]- ^ Strauss, Matthew (July 31, 2024). "Listen to Jane Remover's New Songs "Flash in the Pan" and "Dream Sequence"". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (July 15, 2024). "JPEGMAFIA – "Sin Miedo"". Stereogum. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sundaresan, Mano (September 6, 2024). "Jane Remover: "Magic I Want U" Track Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 6, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Lipshutz, Jason (December 18, 2024). "Staff Picks: 20 Pop Songs From 2024 That Deserved to Be Smashes". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Breihan, Tom (September 4, 2024). "Jane Remover – "Magic I Want U" & "How To Teleport"". Stereogum. Archived from the original on September 4, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (September 4, 2024). "Jane Remover Shares New Songs "Magic I Want U" and "How to Teleport": Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 4, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "Magic I Want U - Song by Jane Remover". Apple Music. Archived from the original on November 14, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Magic I Want U - Single - Album by Jane Remover". Apple Music. Archived from the original on November 14, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c Sharples, Grant (September 10, 2024). "All The Best New Indie Music From This Week". Uproxx. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "The 100 Best Songs of the 2020s So Far". Paste. October 16, 2024. Archived from the original on October 21, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ a b "The 100 Best Songs of 2024". Pitchfork. December 2, 2024. Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Staff Picks: The 25 Best LGBTQ+ Songs of 2024". Them. November 22, 2024. Archived from the original on November 24, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (September 9, 2024). "This Week's Best New Songs: Mount Eerie, MJ Lenderman, Georgia Gets By, and More". Our Culture Mag. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (6 December 2024). "The Best Music of 2024, According to Pitchfork Readers". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Fantano 2024, 1:47.
Video sources
[edit]- Fantano, Anthony (December 20, 2024). Top 50 Songs of 2024. The Needle Drop. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via YouTube.
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