{"id":9399,"date":"2025-09-09T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/9399\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:44:08","slug":"cece-natalie-not-even-lying-track-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/9399\/","title":{"rendered":"Cece Natalie: \u201cNot even lying\u201d Track Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet pop artist <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/cece-natalie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cece Natalie<\/a> has made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2yrz7-3G17U\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blingy 2000s-inspired bedroom pop<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MkIDHnuCmoA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hypnotic R&amp;B infusions<\/a>. Her latest track, \u201c<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cecenatalie\/not-even-lying\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cecenatalie\/not-even-lying&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cecenatalie\/not-even-lying\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Not even lying<\/a>,\u201d is a moody swirl of downtempo piano and whining synth. Its mesmeric hook describes the unsettling feeling of anticipating a betrayal that never comes: \u201cYou were supposed to turn evil, but you never did\/You were not even lying,\u201d she sings through the haze, sounding jaded. Broody and pouting, the song conjures the same atmosphere as early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x0bRHmTQEsE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">collaborations<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/29855-lana-del-rey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lana Del Rey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/29533-the-weeknd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Weeknd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot even lying\u201d and May single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MkIDHnuCmoA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">So proud<\/a>\u201d mark a turning point in Cece Natalie\u2019s burgeoning catalog. On her 2024 debut, Miss Behaves, gritty production and ample Auto-Tune drained the color from bubbly, tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Her newest songs feel darker and more melancholy, picturing an artist in transition after a <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/officemagazine.net\/cece-natalie-sees-magic\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/officemagazine.net\/cece-natalie-sees-magic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/officemagazine.net\/cece-natalie-sees-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent move<\/a> to New York City. Cece\u2019s star is on the rise: <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/jane-remover\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Remover<\/a> has featured her songs on <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/janeremover\/nts-120524\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/janeremover\/nts-120524&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/janeremover\/nts-120524\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NTS Radio<\/a>, and she\u2019ll tour with <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/snow-strippers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snow Strippers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/isabella-lovestory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Lovestory<\/a> this fall. On \u201cNot even lying,\u201d the young artist imagines stepping out in the West Village with her bodyguard: a new New York persona now under construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Internet pop artist Cece Natalie has made blingy 2000s-inspired bedroom pop and hypnotic R&amp;B infusions. Her latest track,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,9841,514],"class_list":{"0":"post-9399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-tracks","13":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}