The Welsh producer’s latest handbrake turn takes her from dark-hued ambience to hypnotic euphoria on her poppiest record to date
n a world where artists are often cautioned to stay in their lane – to maintain a recognisable brand so you don’t get lost in a crowded, confusing market – there’s something impressive about Kelly Lee Owens. For the last seven years, her career has constituted a series of handbrake turns, fuelled by a disinclination to make the same record twice.
An arena tour, a high-profile label, a co-sign from 2024’s defining pop star: it’s tempting to wonder how much that sequence of events influenced Owens’s fourth album. True to form, Dreamstate sounds almost nothing like its predecessor.
There’s an argument that the lyrics she’s singing aren’t up to much. The problem with the ineffable state of dancefloor transcendence as a topic is that it’s ineffable, and Dreamscape’s attempts to capture it feel well-worn: “higher and higher I go”; “wanting pure euphoria”. But the words Owens is singing matter less than their absorbing repetition, which transforms them into part of a succession of enveloping soundscapes.
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