Music Review // Charlotte Sands "Alright"

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The song "Alright" deals with many things that we feel when we are young, but they are also things we think throughout our entire lives.  I don't mean to play spoiler to anyone else who might be listening to this song and relating with it while in their 20's, but it does seem like we're going to feel this way forever.   

With that sound like Olivia Rodrigo or Alessia Cara, Charlotte Sands has keys and soul to really have you open yourself up and look inside.  This feels like one of those pop songs from the radio on the surface, but the lyrics really make you think more than most of what is on the radio does (not that people would pay attention anyway)  It's an inside look and existential in many ways as well.

The chorus sings: "I'll never be alright, but maybe I'll get close" and in some ways that's all we can hope for.  I used to think my parents had it all together, but then we wonder if we don't (and maybe never will) because of how different things are now.  You can't have that one job and live in a house with two cars and three kids.   Or maybe our parents just didn't have it together as much as we thought they did.

There is a line about about sending out prayers that says "wherever they go" and this song just feels so philosophical throughout.  It's not just about wondering things one night when you're trying to figure out your life, but it's the idea that these thoughts will come into your head and likely stay there for much longer than you'd think.   But that truly is just part of the wonder of life.