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Arca Week continues with KicK iii , where I start to feel the tiniest bit sorry for straight people. You know, as I said with KICK ii yesterday, I was kind of disappointed by it and I actually got pretty worried about the rest of this week-long trek. Luckily, in casual terms, THIS SHIT SLAPS. Holy christ, man. This might be Arca’s best album. It’ll be hard to top this one. Even though I had said that KICK ii was experimental, that might as well be top 40 pop compared to this. It’s so loud and abrasive that it could honestly pass as a harsh noise outside of an electronic album. Along with that, she’s rapping on this. Like, rapping on it incredibly well. My personal favorite track has to be the instrumental “Fiera,” which genuinely might be one of my favorite songs of the year right now. It’s genuinely psychedelic and if you’re not into this kind of music, it will be very VERY hard for you to get into it. If KICK ii was the countdown, KicK iii is the explosion. This is truly incredib...

Arca Week starts today! Tuesday-Friday will cover all four new KICK albums, and I will give my ratings on each album on Friday. Let’s start with KICK ii , the first album to my knowledge that samples Among Us . This is gonna be the only review with an intro, so I’ll just get it out of the way now. Arca is one of the most creative producers working right now. I could honestly go on and on about how many new sounds I’ve heard from her, but that would take forever. The first album in this series, KiCk i , catapulted her into worldwide fame, even getting the chance to work with artists like Frank Ocean and Lady Gaga. Now, in a new experiment specifically to torment my review schedule, Arca has released FOUR NEW ALBUMS in the KICK series. I’ll be covering them one at a time and ranking them on Friday. So, let’s get into KICK ii . In her past albums, there were hints of experimental reggaeton and I enjoyed the little bits of that sound, but here, she goes all in on this sound. Oddly enough...

There’s always that one artist that can’t ever be put in a specific genre. Their sound is always changing, and I love that when it comes to an artist. I think that Arca is one of the best artists that can be put in that category. She’s worked with mainstream artists like Kanye West and Frank Ocean but has built up a very eclectic sound in her solo albums like Xen and her self-titled album. I personally haven’t adored her solo projects like her fans, but I can’t ignore her signature sound. Now, KiCk i , the first in a new trilogy, is expanding her sound even further than before. Let’s get into KiCk i and see what makes Arca so special. KiCk i is an electronic album with avant-pop, psychedelic, and deconstructed club undertones. Most of the album is sung in Spanish by Arca herself, but there are also some English vocals from the legendary singer Björk. KiCk i is also Arca’s happiest sounding record, compared to her past albums. Specifically, on KiCk i , I’ve found that there are two ...