Her second EP “Love is the worst”, released this October 2023, explores the themes of heartbreak and painful love in a series of romantic soft-pop tracks reminiscent of Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.

A hidden gem of recent pop releases, the EP is composed of 7 tracks offer a bittersweet vision of love. Each song explores the different ways in which love can hurt, going from romantic heartbreak, to impossible crushes, to losing a loved one, to struggling with self-image. However, despite what she claims, the singer is far from disillusioned from love. The soft vocals, the melodic instrumentals and the dreamy tone of the lyrics fabricates a feeling of romanticism that hovers over the album, reminding us that love might be “the worst”, but it is also something we should never let go of.

With some personal stories and humour sprinkled here and there, Florence manages to create relatable messages full of vulnerability and self-irony. In the clip of the song “Good Girls”, where she sings about being stuck in a toxic relationship, she is dating a literal trashcan, that ends up cheating on her with another trashcan. In “Friends”, she is overthinking a text to her crush, and ends up panicking and abandoning it. These humorous feel-good tracks are superposed with other more nostalgic pieces, such as the hauntingly beautiful “New Pair of Shoes”, where she mourns a diseased parental figure.

Another outstanding factor of the EP is undoubtedly Florence’s angelic voice, whose softness is in direct contrast with some of the harsh truths she is singing about. This dreamy aspect is reinforced by a play with vocal echoes and swirling musical accompaniments of guitar, piano and synthetic music, which creates a delicate and enchanting listening experience.

Florence’s performance is even more impressive considering that she only debuted her solo career in 2020. The Austria-based artist comes from a family of British musicians and has previously worked with big names in the international pop scene such as The Kooks, Barns Courtney, Rhys Lewis, G-Flip, Crystal Fighters, and many more. She claims to write her albums as a sort of “self-therapy”, and beautifully mixes poetic melody and existential themes. There’s no doubt: the young artist is particularly promising, and she will keep making a name for herself in the years to come.

She is touring this upcoming January 2024 in Europe and will perform in London on January 19th, so don’t miss your chance to listen to her performance live! You can keep in touch with all of her updates at @florence.arman on Instagram.