Girl of My Dreams (Deluxe)(2022) FLETCHER
The deluxe edition of FLETCHER’s Girl of My Dreams album was released on November 18th, 2022 and consists of 17 songs lasting a total of 49 minutes and 12 seconds. Her official debut album contains a pop sound with a combination of electronic and instrumental backings that work to provide a catchy relatable hook to draw listeners in while filled with emotion that keeps them listening. The track list includes the songs “20 Something,” “I Think I’m Growing?” “Girl Of My Dreams,” “Healing,” “Suckerpunch,” “Birthday Girl,” “Better Version,” “Sting,” “Becky’s So Hot,” “Conversations,” “Guess We Lied...” “Serial Heartbreaker,” Holiday,” “Her Body Is Bible,” “I Love You Bitch,” “For Cari,” and “Better Version (feat. Kelsea Ballerini)”. The album consists of a range of songs from slower to more upbeat that give it a nice pace of playability for different times. The experiences articulated in her music are also easy to connect to for listeners even as they get more targeted to her personal sense such as “For Cari,” expanding past that. The opening track being set as “20 Something” sets a tone for the album providing an experiential insight that allows you to sink into the lyrics and really feel like you’re at a certain stage. FLETCHER’s music has always had a knack for expressing stages of relationships as well, and songs such as “Sting,” “Better Version” and “Guess We Lied...” continue that trend. They articulate sensations from attachments and memories that remain in the aftermath of a relationship, to the hurt from the personal changes you might wish you could have brought to a previous one. The back and forth of “Better Version” about what two parties put into a relationship that has ended resonates strongly in lines such as “And I fixed your heart but mine still hurts / And now some other version is gonna get the better version of you,” closing with the reverse “And you fixed my heart but the thing that hurts / and now some other person is gonna get the better version of 161