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Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events review – a debut that’s better than it thinks


The new wave Britpop singer-songwriter includes a couple of old hits on an album that is in fact brimming with fresh ideas

Indie queen Rachel Chinouriri first emerged in 2018 as a SoundCloud starlet with So My Darling, a tender hymn to an everlasting friendship. The Londoner went viral in 2022 with maddeningly catchy All I Ever Asked, finding cheerleaders such as Sophie Turner, Adele and Lewis Capaldi. Situationships are dissected on It Is What It Is; Never Need Me offers irresistible new wave thrills, and the remarkable title track recounts her cousin’s pregnancy and suicide over a tune that takes a hook to your brain and refuses to retract.

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