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JORJA SMITH: LOST & FOUND


      
   Jorja Smith is an amazing artist i got introduced to in school and ever since i heard her album Lost and Found,i became a massive fan of hers. Now, lets talk about Jorja, why do i like her? why is she special? well, besides her voice sounding like a hybrid mix of Sia and Rihanna(Try to imagine hearing that, sounds great in your head right?),she also has well thought out lyrics and has a stellar sound that is very soothing to listen to.

 Jorja doesn't just slack around because she has an amazing voice, that's not just it, her music is extremely deep and it easily connects you to a whole bunch of emotions. In an era where music as an art form is diminishing in quality, Jorja manages to be one of those few artists who understands the origin of their genre and only improve on it instead of making it hard to listen to all in the name of "experimenting". Jorja Smith's music genre is a mix of contemporary RnB,Soul and Pop.



 Having only two major projects, Project 11 (mixtape-2016) and Lost & Found(album-2018). Today,i will be talking about the album Lost & Found which like the name suggests, is about her loosing and finding herself.  The album has no bad song honestly, every song has a meaningful message, great production and excellent vocals from Jorja herself. If you like RnB and you're a fan of actual lyrics in songs, this album is for you...no,scratch that every song with Jorja Smith is for you actually.

So, i thought i'd do a quick run down on each track from the album the best way i can:

1. "Lost & Found"
      The album opener gets dialogue from Jorja about her searching for herself constantly and is backed up by an incredibly melody.

2 "Teenage Fantasy"

    Teenage Fantasy questions the level of realness that teenage crushes or love truly have and how our youthful desires end up not being what we expected them to be. This track has a great instrumental and Jorja's unique voice makes the message all more real.

3 "Where Did I Go?"
       Where did i go talks about drifting away from who you were or who you were supposed to be. This is a rough and rushed interpretation of the future classic song.

4 "February 3rd"
     In an album this good, making a top five list is hard but not withstanding february 3rd is part of the top five tracks but that doesn't take anything from the other tracks. It has really great lyrics like this:"There's a life outside I didn't know
Tied up, falling down to an empty soul
And lord knows that this love has taken toll
I've given all of my love to this broken home"  and this "Did you notice that the feeling ain't never gone?
Did you notice it's the feeling you've been running from
You wouldn't notice if your eyes ain't falling for me
Did you open up my heart, just to take it from me".

 Intermission: I really really feel tired typing so i'll try to skip a couple tracks and just put the remaining four on my top 5 in no particular order.

6 "The One"
    This track tells the tale of the several sides of love and how hard it is to find the one without getting heartbroken and utterly disappointed and how it makes you end up shutting that warm place in your heart due to all the pain you've experienced.

7 "Wandering Romance"

   Honestly speaking, at this point, i realize that music shouldn't be reviewed like this, it needs to be felt. This song in particular puts you in a specific state of mind and it hits home with lyrics like this:
"Would it be easier if I stayed at home?
Wasting my time on my own
And hoping that you'd come along
And, would you be honest, baby?
If I said the words "Do you love me?" for a moment
Or is this just wandering romance?
Tell me why you can't control
The feelings you desire
Burning on my bridges
As you said my world's on fire"

   So,my eyes are giving up on me.  I mean, i am a lazy writer so sleep usually has its way with me and so instead of me to go a bit into the remaining two best songs for me, i'll just list them instead:

8 "Blue Lights"

Honorable Mention - 9 "Life Boats (Freestyle)", !! "Tomorrow"

10 "Goodbyes"

   Sorry about going lazy on you guys, i'll make up for it, please try and listen to Jorja's songs especially this album, it's really chilled and meaningful! GOODNIGHT!




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