Love & Hyperbole, we review Alessia Cara’s New Album

Canadian singer and songwriter Alessia Cara began her music career by posting acoustic covers on YouTube from the age of 13.

Now, 15 years later she has been a signed recording artist for over a decade and has just released her fourth studio album, Love & Hyperbole.

Alessia Cara has released multiple hits like, “Scars to Your Beautiful”, “Out of Love”, and “Here”. Whilst simultaneously being part of the soundtracks to some of our favourite hit movies like Disney’s “Moana” and Netflix’s “The Willoughbys”.

Alessia has a signature sound in soulful pop with a voice that can perfectly convey a broad spectrum of emotions, Love & Hyperbole is an exploration of self-love and the complexities of human connection telling a story of both vulnerability and empowerment.

Love & Hyperbole is much more upbeat than fans have come to expect from Cara, and I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised at how mature the lyrics and her voice are on this album. Truly heralding in the dawning of a new era for the artist.

Every track contains brilliant live instrumentals contributing to the soulful vibe of this album, with Alessia’s emotive voice taking you on an emotional journey throughout with highs, lows and as the title might insinuate, lots of tales of love. A perfectly paced journey for an easy listen, however, it did take me a couple of listens to truly appreciate. Definitely worth itin my opinion though.

Alessia has always had the ability to give an emotional gut punch through music and true to form we get that this time round in “Get To You.” A heartbreaking story of growing apart from her partner and subsequently questioning her own ability to be loved. Stunning instrumentals and equally beautiful lyrics that will leave you on the verge of tears.

“Run Run” is a bit of a sad banger, with a humorous twist in the self-deprecating lyrics. A bop with great flow that makes you want to dance around your kitchen. At least it had me doing that. “Nighttime Thing” is a song that many of us can relate to, it’s about catching feelings for the person you’re sleeping with. Now depending on the person this can either be a good or bad thing in my experience. The songs upbeat tempo and catchy hook leave me feeling hopeful for the girl in the story. Go get ‘em girl.

I’ve spoken a fair bit about how good the instrumentals are in this album, well there’s a lovely surprise at the end of “(Isn’t It) Obvious”, in the form of a 90 second guitar solo by none other than John Meyer!

Without giving it all away before you have the opportunity to listen to it yourselves, I’ll leave you with these 6 words: Beautiful lyricism. Stunning instrumentals. Great album.