Conan Gray<\/a> described the experience of these songs pouring out of him over the last two years. His latest was written mostly alone while on tour and became \u201can egregiously niche soundtrack\u201d to his own life and for the friends he let hear it as the music came togerher.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tAs Wishbone unfolds, that revelatory intimacy is embroidered into the lyrics and production, a return to form after the glittery synths and New Wave of last year\u2019s Max Martin-assisted Found Heaven. Gray\u2019s latest is tender and sweet, unveiling itself like secrets at a slumber party with your best friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThe album opens with \u201cActor,\u201d a guitar-driven cut that details a love affair that was hidden in plain sight, sneaking through hotel lobbies and wearing each other\u2019s clothes. But like many other songs on the project, the memories are soured by the heartbreak that left more than just a bruise on the neck. Gray\u2019s storytelling is stronger across the board on Wishbone, more mature and sharpened by time and the types of life-changing, heart-shattering experiences that inspired the songs. On a highlight like \u201cNauseous,\u201d his lyrical growth is made most clear, careful to avoid corny metaphors is describing a love that feels like a threat and leaves him feeling \u201cnauseous,\u201d cutting to the bone while trying to understand \u201cwhy I feel safe with bad guys,\u201d as he sings.<\/p>\n
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\n\tBetween the softer, slower moments are some real hit-worthy pop-rock cuts. \u201cMy World\u201d stands out with its swaggering confidence and shimmering, sing-along chorus. \u201cCare\u201d scratches an itch for Lillith Fair-esque Nineties dreampop. They never get as flashy or opulent as some of the songs on Found Heaven, but the more subdued, campfire-y energy feels like the perfect pocket for Gray.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor as vulnerable as much of the music feels, Gray wears his heart proudly on his sleeve. He\u2019s never sounded more confident or comfortable, a thrilling promise of what\u2019s to come from him in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The singer\u2019s new album Wishbone mixes slow intimate moments with hit-worthy pop-rock cuts Upon announcing Wishbone earlier this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,56718,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-72592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-conan-gray","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}