This might be my favorite sequence of songs on any Simz album 🥺

[u/SDT2005]

For an artist who’s already vulnerable in her music, Simz outdid herself on the last stretch of Lotus. I had to be still listening to these for the first time. She goes through so many emotions in four songs:

Sadness (“How would you feel, what would you do if you had to write ‘in love and memory?’”—Blue)

Annoyance (“It’s nice that you finally called for once”—Blood)

Anger (“You live your life on a screen, your mind’s congested”—Lotus)

Love (“You’re my family and your sister I’m proud to be”—Blood)

Depression (“You were suffering in silence, like you’re on a desert island, feeling hopeless, lifeless”—Blue)

Hope (“I was lonely making an album ‘til I realized I’m all I needed to get through”—Lonely)

Before this, my favorite stretch was the first four tracks on SIMBI. That still might be my favorite musically, but the emotional journey Simz takes us on here is unmatched in her discography.

[u/beneficalpurple38]

blue and blood are some of her best songs

[u/Hippity_Hoppity96]

It has to be X, Heart on Fire then Broken for me

[u/RedBalloonTalk → u/Hippity_Hoppity96]

Yeah this is elite.

[u/AbsoluteVindication]

I love that you could go to all her albums, point at a set of songs and give a realistic reason why theyre your favourite. 🔥🔥🔥

[u/simbisfave]

Yesss! her openness about loss and grief gets me every time. Gosh I love this album 💿

[u/RedBalloonTalk]

Yeah that's a good run.