Review: Eli's "Stage Girl" Explores Pre-Transition Angst Through Glittery Yacht-Rock
By
Hannah Jocelyn
3d ago· 3 min readenReview
80/100
Golden Brown
Bagelometer↗
Front-window bakery material. Catches the eye, delivers the goods.
Score80TypereviewSentimentpositive
Summary
A review of Eli's album "Stage Girl," which explores themes of pre-transition life, closeted existence, and gender identity through yacht-rock and glittery production. The review draws comparisons to Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" and analyzes tracks like "Marianne" and "Falsetto" that convey the pain and angst of living closeted before transitioning.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledArt about the angst of living closeted is unfortunately timely, and despite its glittery production, the record conveyed that pain.
Yacht-rock revival track 'Marianne,' in which Eli's pre-transition narrator desperately pines after a woman who's in love with 'another' man, is like 'Good Luck, Babe!' if Chappell Roan didn't even know she was a woman yet.
Sometimes when I'm inside of you/I wonder what it would be
Read Hannah Jocelyn’s review of the album.
