The Analog Girl : I Feel on Top of the World
Revered Singaporean electronic music trailblazer The Analog Girl returns with a collection of self-described ‘dance ballads’ on her latest album, Awe, after four years in the making.
On I Feel on Top of the World, The Analog Girl melds steady disco rhythms and claps with enigmatic soundscapes and textures to compliment her reverb drenched vocals and meditative lyricism. This all comes together in a hazy, dark synth-driven spectacle that has its roots in electropop and nu-disco.
Lyrically, The Analog Girl paints an image of isolation and confusion (“Will I be yours/ Will I be lost/ Will I be yours/ Will I be loved”) before that completely turns around in the song’s incredibly gratifying refrain (“I - I feel on top of the world/ You and I - I feel on top of the world”). The song’s outro is particularly captivating with The Analog Girl perhaps desiring ignorance and bliss (“Wish you would/ Hypnotise me until the world spins/ In synchronicity and virtue”). Musically, The Analog Girl really makes the track pop with elements such as its syncopated flange-laden percussions.