Ivy Rei – Say It To My Face

“Well, that could be a lot worse.”

Tim: 300,000 followers on Instagram, so what else is there to do but start a pop career?

Tom: I mean, literally anything else, but sure, let’s go for this.

Tom: Well, that could be a lot worse.

Tim: Couldn’t it just? It is, pleasingly, a lot better than our previous Insta-celeb’s debut, despite Ivy only having a tenth the size of his follower count. In fact, I’d say its good enough that we can ignore the Instagram background and go straight for standard singer, albeit with a nice quick fanbase advantage.

Tom: Yes: both in terms of the production and the vocals. Given the chequered history of influencers-turned-pop-stars, this has turned out pretty well.

Tim: Strong guitar work, strong vocal work, strong electronic fiddly bits in the post-chorus. I have very few criticisms of this – really just one: more from the middle eight, please, or if you’re going to keep that dip then you’d be better returning with something bigger than what you had previously. Other than, though: top notch.