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Poppy Ajudha: Poppy review – frank lyrics elevate soulful, funky love songs
The singer-songwriter cycles through many moods, finding hope and complication in her search for love and meaning
When south London singer-songwriter Poppy Ajudha ended a two-year hiatus with the release of single My Future, a stunning and resolute self-love anthem about the greatness of ambition, she was evidently shifting her jazzy pop-soul formulation in a new direction. Debut LP The Power in Us had mused on bold political themes from abortion rights to borders, but second album Poppy charts Ajudha’s emotional development, with vulnerability and precise lyricism. Poppy Ajudha: Lean on Me – videoHer cheeky and playful lyrics are a real treat: Candy finds good mileage in confectionery metaphors – “It’s not my fault you’re sweet on me, it’s getting sticky” – and it’s a fizzing sherbet dip of a song.
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