After a three-year hiatus, Bazzi is back on the scene with his new album “Infinite Dream.” It keeps itself in line with his generally upbeat sound from his past efforts but adds a slightly spacey and dreamy twist to it, adding a more mature vibe.
This feeling is exemplified in “Heaven,” a happy love song drenched in reverb and echo, feeling almost like it’s playing in space itself. “Uh Oh” follows this format, a high-energy, techno-heavy song about falling in love with someone and knowing that it’s not an outside influence like drugs or alcohol. Like “Heaven,” the song also utilizes heavy reverb and echo to add to the slightly spacey feel and to add to the deeply enamored attitude.
However, the whole album is not all sunshine and rainbows. While there are a lot of songs about love and happiness, there are also songs about genuine heartbreak. “Will it Ever Feel the Same” is the perfect example of this. It’s about the feeling of struggling to let go of an ex, trying to fill the void with a new person. However, it’s not the same, and he finds himself wondering if his ex ever thinks about him when she’s with her new boyfriend. It’s an emotionally vulnerable and mature song from the young artist.
This theme of vulnerability and maturity comes through again in “Human (Cocaine).” It’s a song about acknowledging pain as a part of life and learning to move past mistakes. The song also expresses a beautiful theme of accepting your humanity, and that you will make mistakes and experience both love and pain in life.
He also plays around a bit with different sounds, textures and rhymes in his music. For example, “Lost in the Simulation” toys with a slightly country style, with a thumping beat and guitars playing a bigger part in the song. This new sound heavily contrasts with the synth and electric drum lines of the other songs off of the album, as well as his previous efforts. It marks the beginning of a more well-rounded and varied sound from Bazzi. Furthermore, the rhyme schemes of the songs have become more complex, notably in the song “Miss America,” where “miss America” and “teenage hysteria” are used, which works quite well lyrically.
Overall, “Infinite Dream” speaks to how far Bazzi has come as an artist, and how excited we should be to see what he does next.
