Song Review - Alison Wonderland - ‘FUCK U LOVE U’

Written By MONIKA SMITH

Review By: Peter Moreman

Looking for the next party track? Alison Wonderland has you covered with her newest song, explicitly titled, Fuck U Love U. 

Only officially released for streaming towards the beginning of December, this Australian DJ has already had over 580,000 listens over Spotify and is only continuing to climb, and I can see why. Its classic Alison, absolutely in your face beats overlayed with synth pop to keep you from sitting down. It’s certainly a darker and slower track than we are used to. It touches on more sensitive subject matter surrounding her experiences in the music industry, since she first started in the circuit way back in 2008. In the music video, there are flashing fluorescent lights of purples, reds, greens and blues and there is also a pair of hands. Throughout, the hands latch onto Alison’s throat, and she repeatedly fights them off. She sings of not wanting to sell out and wanting something more, what that is, she doesn’t stipulate. However, with the constant attempted strangling, it’s obvious she straight up doesn’t want to be controlled and simply wants to do her own thing. 

It’s quite an open song for her and not the usual party anthem that we’re used to hearing. Everything she has done with this just works. Now, the song, like most EDM music, doesn’t have much in terms of lyrics. You aren’t hit with verse after verse, but that’s what makes this track great. As I mentioned before, the lyrics that we do get are more impactful because of how little words there are; it reinforces the subject matter. Furthermore, Fuck U Love U has less intense synth, it could easily be a song to just vibe to. Turn down the lights and listen to it by yourself or even chill with some mates for a slow night. Although in saying that, it is still a party track to get you hoping, and it has done at various festivals.  

That is the great thing about this song, it can cater to all situations and that’s really what you’d expect to get from Alison Wonderland. 

ABOUT ALISON WONDERLAND

Since emerging in 2009, Alison Wonderland’s sound has quietly inched towards mainstream ubiquity as the sonic sorceress received the “Highest Female DJ Billing Ever at Coachella,” captured #1 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart twice consecutively (debut album ‘Run’ and sophomore album ‘Awake), headlined sold out arenas around the globe plus headlined stages at the biggest festivals in the world, and clocked upwards of 500 million streams.

Grinding it out with regular night club sets around Australia and a series of remixes for everyone from Little Dragon to Justin Bieber, she ignited an international splash in 2015 with the full-length debut, Run. Not only did it reach gold status down under, but it earned a pair of nominations at the ARIA Awards. Arriving with a bang, she made her live introduction stateside at Coachella. Fast forward to 2017, she achieved the “Best New Artist” honor at the first-ever Electronic Dance Music Awards, while her remix of Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” soared to #1 on the Billboard Dance Charts.

Alison’s 2018 sophomore effort, Awake, levelled up every element. She joined forces with an all-star cast of collaborators such as Joel Little [Lorde], Illangelo [The Weeknd], Party Favor [Mad Decent], and longtime cohort Lido.  She teamed up with innovators including Chief Keef on “Dreamy Dragon” and Trippie Redd on “High.” The record became the multi-talented phenomenon’s second straight #1 bow on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart as “Church” leapt past the 14 million-mark on Spotify in a few months’ time, leading her to become Billboard Dance’s ‘Breakout Artist of 2018’ and the magazine’s 2019 Dance Issue cover star.

In 2019, between headline slots at festivals around the world, Alison also played her own headline concerts which sold over 100,000 tickets globally – most recently selling out two acclaimed shows at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado (filmed in multi-camera 4K VR) in addition to producing and self-promoting her own worldwide ‘Wonderland Warehouse Project’ tour.

Simultaneously, Alison’s Radio Wonderland show clocked 5 million-plus iTunes downloads as well as broadcasting to over 20 countries and featuring prominently on the Sirius XM channel Diplo’s Revolution

MONIKA SMITH https://www.rawinginthepitmedia.com
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