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“This World Fucking Sucks” is the long-anticipated debut album from punk princess
Cassyette. The album promises a unique blend of her home-brewed mother metal
mixed with a look at the fast-moving world today, through the eyes of a grieving young
woman. After already piquing listeners attention with her no-holds-barred mixtape ‘Sad
Girl’ in 2022, the Londoner had no choice but to hit hard with her debut.
Cassyette is a mage of subtlety, despite what the album title may have you believe. Weaving in metaphor through her lyrics, catchy hooks double as a war cry to young people
everywhere, that emotions are healthy. The album reeks of rebellion, from the opening
track to the final notes – boasting a song fit for almost every situation. Whether blasting
from a car radio, or through headphones on a work commute – the album truly invites you
to confront your demons with a big ‘fuck you!’.
The unapologetic ‘Ipecac’ is a powerful musical manifesto, bound to resonate with
all those who have dealt with toxicity in the past. Its lyrics display some of Cassyette’s
strongest work – making no excuses in purging the unwanted influences from her life.
Accompanied by an irresistible, highly polished riff, the future icon demonstrates her sound
at its peak. This is carried throughout the album in songs such as ‘Sugar Rush’. This
song displays the 31-year old’s effervescent personality through an escalating cadence of
808s, that build into one of the catchiest choruses in her entire catalogue. Also at play are the gut wrenching singles ‘When She Told Me’ and ‘Four Leaf Clover’. The powerful ballads explore the star’s deepest feelings after her father’s unexpected death in 2021.
Cassyette’s choice to explore the darker, sadder side of her life in these tracks resonate throughout the entire album and represent the beginning of a vast growth, even since her 2022 mixtape. This is hit home by the scathingly vocal performance that is given to us, allowing Cassyette to hold our hand, while she pours her heart out. This gives the LP a solemn backbone and a much more personal feel. Despite this shift in atmosphere, it would be unfair to say that any of the secret formula that this album is pumped full of is lost, and in fact it feels quite the opposite. It’s when we are driven into the dark by Cassyette, that we truly begin to reach the core of what she is capable of.
Although, this sentiment can’t be kept for every song in the album, with heavily
produced songs such as ‘Degenerette Nation’ and ‘Sex Metal’ feeling as though they are
placeholders between full songs. Not only do they suffer in length but are rooted in a
deep yearning to be drenched in Cassyette’s smooth roar, responsible for lighting up bangers such as ‘Porcelain’ and ‘Over it.’ Although this electronically fronted style could work, it is in the execution here that these songs missed the mark, leaving little nuance to go back and search for after the initial listening.
Nonetheless, Cassyette continues to persevere. From successes in posting on TikTok from her Essex home to touring with Sheffield metal heroes Bring Me The Horizon on their most recent jaunt, ‘This World Fucking Sucks’ is no deviation from this pattern, and you can be sure she will continue to produce gold. We can only hope that she continues to push the boundaries of what her music achieves sonically and continues to produce work that feels both fresh and timeless, like she has before. This is a debut that kicks down the door and lets us all know, whether we want to hear it or not – Cassyette is here to stay, even if the world is a total mess.
Best Songs – ‘IPECAC’, ‘Four Leaf Clover’, ‘When She Told Me’, ‘Sugar Rush’.
Words: Charli Marriott