In 2019, Anne Helen Petersen published her widely shared BuzzFeed essay, “How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation”. It examined the exhaustion of a generation expected to thrive in every area of life while taking on more debt, enjoying less security, and working harder for increasingly uncertain rewards. Even basic tasks could become insurmountable as the promised returns on all that effort slipped further from view.
The new album from British artist SOFY reads like a musical sequel to the article. This time, though, we follow a zoomer trying to build a satisfying adult life, with the added chaos and disillusionment that comes with pursuing a music career. Across the album, professional frustration, emotional fatigue and self-sabotage are woven…

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