Upcoming rapper Juice WRLD has just released his highly anticipated second studio album “DeathRace For Love” yesterday on March 9th. The rapper first came onto the scene in 2018 when he released “Lucid Dreams” and has been putting out massive hits since. On the newest album, he explores themes of love and heartbreak, and the song “empty” in my opinion perfectly captures what a new listener to Juice WRLD can expect from his music.

Like on many of his other tracks, Juice WRLD doesn’t tend to stick to one method of vocals. Throughout the track he switches back and forth from singing to rapping and often switches up his flow every few bars. This accompanied with the amazing producing makes for an interesting sound and although the song would appear to be sad to anyone looking at the lyrics, Juice WRLD keeps a very upbeat, buoyant sound, primarily due to his powerful singing. In fact I think this is what has made Juice WRLD so popular especially among the younger generations, is his ability to rap about sad things but not produce sad emotions in his listeners. For Example, on the track Juice WRLD says things like  “Empty, I feel so goddamn empty/I may go rogue/Don’t tempt me, big bullet holes” and while this sounds quite depressing, you wouldn’t feel depressed while listening to it. Juice WRLD is great at successfully making his songs relatable and compelling to anyone feeling sad while also not creating more sadness for his listeners, which makes his music perfect break up music.

Overall, although Juice WRLD isn’t a lyrical or even musical genius by any means, he makes music that is real to him and yet stays fun as well, “Empty” is just another track where he successfully does this.