'We sit on the fire escape.'
The modern celebrity success story generally seems quite pre-ordained. Take Sombr. This week seems very New York on It Starts with a Birthstone for some random reason. I had a conversation about going to New York yesterday with one of my Record Store counter friends who' s turning fifty and expressed his reluctance of going to New York in the current politcal climate even though he's never been and really wanted to . But he's got values. . Putting money in the pocket of a craven oligarch warmonger. I can sympathise but given a cashfall I'd go like a shot. Isn't the mayer supposed to be an actual communist?
So to Sombr. That's a New York success story for you. sombr, actially. Styilised in lower case. But is he a Nepo Baby? More than likely. Educated at Guardia High School. Debut album I Barely Knew Her, released in 2025 but already repackaged this and globally punching above its weight with chart positions in top tens everywhere. sombre has moved to LA and is plotting with his team the next move for global dominance.
Listening to I Barely Knew Her is was reminded of Disco divas of my youth; Patrick Hernandez, Andy Gibb, Lief Garrett. This is not where sombr and his team are packaging him of course. Indie cred is everything these days and sombr has already posted his takes on Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees and Mazzy Star's Fade Into You. Indie greats from the Nineties. Further away from us than Pretty Vacant was from Blue Suede Shoes.
I Barely Knew Her ultimately doesn't walk the walk. The rhymes are bland. It feels programmed. Ultimately like so much. About money. Hey what changes. 'It's a rich man's world' Tomorrow, the new Madonna record possibly. Take anothe bite of the Apple !
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