Dijon - Baby (August 15, 2025) • Page 5

The stretch from Yamaha to my man is perfect

 

Was listening to the album for the first time trying to see if I could figure out which track JV was credited on. It was very obviously this track lol

 

Really dig this. It’s interesting that judging from this and mk.gee’s latest song that I think they’re retreating more and more from having their vocals sound clear and just having you embrace the vibe.

Some of this reminded me of the easy listening music I listened to growing up, but with way more of a modern edge. Either way, loved “Absolutely” and love this. So much good stuff from this camp this year.

 

Loved my first listen of this

 

@The Lucky Moose sliding this recommendation your way! Sorry in advance if it’s a total miss and you hate it!

 

yeah the older I get the less I pay attention to lyrics so I love that

 

100%, it's basically Day Two lmao

 

I'm not done listening to it yet but yes so far I am really into this. Thanks!!

EDIT: I do think I prefer the songs where he is closer Prince or Bobby Brown than Cody Chesnutt

 

9.0 BNM fully deserved

 

Finished it. "Yamaha" is indeed a highlight. My other one is "Another Baby!" so far.

 

Big ol' venues for this!

 

The Amsterdam venue one is small and great. At this point it would have to be like Michael Jackson for me to deal with Amsterdam parking fees and traffic though

 

Man, I would love to know what Missouri did to get passed over for like every tour this fall.

 

9.0

 

I really like this a lot. Grows with each listen. Prince and Michael Jackson are key touchstones but also a ton of common ground with The 1975 and Bon Iver. “Yamaha” would fit right at home on Online Relationships.

 

Is mkgee really only on kindalove?

 

I would have pegged Freak It, Fire, and My Man as mk.gee features easily.

 

I’ve listened to this album about 20 times. Every single song hits on some level. Yahama (obviously), FIRE!, and Automatic are all SOTY material. Most underrated song is Loyal & Marie.

 

I do think calling this “normal” undercuts the remarkable arrangements achieved here through Dijon’s vision. While I agree with the sentiment at large that none of this feels overly contrived or abrasive, I don’t really see it as conventional either. Maybe “natural” is a more fitting word there? Also “no highlights” is crazy on an album that contains Yamaha!

 

Good read on that New Yorker article

 

The beat on FIRE! would legitimately be at home on Big Fish Theory I think

 

I truly don’t comprehend how someone would listen to Yamaha or Automatic and say this album has no major highlight songs.

 

what about rewind tho

 

What about all of them, really