, aka , has always straddled musical genres, pairing hip-hop with rock and electronic dance music with R&B. On his sixth studio album, 2022's exuberant , the Florida-born, Los Angeles-based singer/producer continues to smash sounds together, even as he turns his attention back to his punk and emo roots with a series of high-energy rockers. It's a vibe he first debuted with the single "GFY," a laid-back and hooky song featuring that moves from a chopped-and-screwed-style verse to a chugging, guitar-drenched chorus that wouldn't sound out of place on a '90s album. Other guests help conjure equally potent throwback emo vibes elsewhere, as on the driving "Toxic Energy" with , and fist-pumping pop-punk anthem "Nothing Matters" with . Much of the album occupies the same liminal alt-pop space that artists like , the aforementioned , and even have embraced since the late 2010s, as they moved to recapture the angsty romanticism of their punk youth while still holding fast to the dark, hip-hop swagger that helped make them famous. In 's case, he balances pop hooks with diaristic angst, and cuts like "Painkiller" and the spiraling "Poltergeist" with help make one of his funnest and most infectiously listenable albums. ~ Matt Collar