A real good kid

"In the years following the release of his 2015 smash single "I Took a Pill in Ibiza," Detroit-area pop maestro Mike Posner made a foray into the world of poetry and spoken word while also forming the Mansionz duo with blackbear. In the process, he toned down the party-loving public image and learned some fresh production tricks. He also lost his father, his friend Avicii, and the woman he loved. As a result, his third full-length, A Real Good Kid, is his most mature offering to date, brimming with thrilling production, radio-friendly catchiness, and an overall mournful mood that is often overwhelmingly emotional and cathartic".

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"A Real Good Kid is Posner's third full length album, and focuses upon the sad death of his father in January 2017 (on the 11th, to be precise, so the opening track informs us). This, perhaps, tells the story of the 30 year old's comparative absence from the public eye in recent times, as the album title would suggest he's been spending that time looking after his dad. And by God does he bare his soul for all to see here - anyone who's ever lost a parent will find this record powerful and cathartic to the extreme ... I only hope that, in making this excellent record, he has found his mind purified in the knowledge that he has honoured his father, who features on it, in recorded soundbites here and there, in a way that I'm sure his old man would have been glowing with gratitude".

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"Mike Posner's A Real Good Kid is one of the most jarring pop albums in recent memory. It's an incredibly sad album that is obviously about real pain and doesn't sell a chic portrait of numbness like Drake and his emo-rap progeny. It's not great - Posner's writing is rote and his taste questionable - but it's a sincere portrait of a very successful, very depressed man".

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