2024 Yearly Roundup

In 2024 and 2025, I did some short write-ups for my close friends about albums and songs I particularly liked and had things to say about. So far, I've been doing them every November-December around the same time that Spotify Wrapped comes out. This is a cleaned-up version of my 2024 roundup! Albums The Happy Star - Lexie Liu (2022) I've been listening to songs from Lexie Liu's previous EP, GONE GOLD (which is also excellent), for a couple of years now, but I finally gave The Happy Star a proper listen to in around October-November of 2024. It's a very interesting work that spans a lot of different genres. The songs are apparently inspired by tarot cards, such as the Wheel of Fortune (FORTUNA), the High Priestess (MIRA), and the Devil (DIABLO). She also sings in Mandarin, English, and Spanish on this album, which as a language liker, endears me to it very much! My picks are MAGICIAN, MIRA, RRR, and 3.14159. The whole album is good though! how i'm feeling now - Charli xcx (2020) Brat…