I Will Always Love Me by Doin’ Fine

On the internet, we become indestructible versions of ourselves, people with no body, impervious to bruises, cuts, scrapes, and mental anguish. Towards the beginning of her record I Will Always Love Me, Australian hip hop ish artist Doin’ Fine broadcasts this invincible version of herself, seemingly untouched as she leaves behind a trail of romantic ruin. A wild assembly of instruments including brass and piano pulls off these grand arrangements, augmenting the powerful personality of the singer to create a homespun yet intricate sound. However, as we move into the later phases of the record, Doin’ Fine’s concrete facade shows signs of wear, revealing her own unfortunate tendency to fall in love, to exist on the receiving end of her earlier escapades. Increasingly, the songs give ample room for wordy rap verses that rant on themes of pain, heartbreak, and fixation, partially displacing the aloof rnb leads that dominated the earlier parts of the record. She eventually collapses on our shoulder, sobbing vainly into the wind for one more chance with the one who got away, revealing to us that even the most bulletproof of avatars stand in the place of someone just as fragile as we are.