You put in your thirty seconds notice at work and storm out the door, keying your boss’s car on the way out. Screams hit you from both walls of the alley. Wait, is that you screaming? Doesn’t matter. Either way, this glass bottle right here is getting the shit kicked out of it. Back home, you pick up your phone, clicking through instagram stories so quickly that the app doesn’t even track your movements. You’re laughing maniacally at something you saw in the rapid slideshow, but you can’t even remember what it was. You’re pissed. Like, really pissed.
Though the exact circumstances behind the creation of Cute Door’s Revenge EP remain unclear, one is left to assume that someone out there really, really fucked up. Eerie vocals adorn this brief yet unforgettable EP, with backing tracks that range from dark ambient to minimal industrial hip hop to splashy synth pop. Cute Door reaches out of the songs to beat the shit out of a special someone, with a one-two punch of massive synth basses and downright violent lyrics. All the while, her vocal tones remain bright, airy, and youthful, as Cute Door stares into your soul from her perch on the unexpectedly candid album cover.
By taking this unique approach to the crafting of such an angry album, Cute Door breaks new ground in the world of breakup art. Revenge places Cute Door in the room with you, whispering her manic ramblings directly into your ear, which makes her rage extremely personal and threatening. Expanding upon the project started by other artists such as Poppy, this deadpan delivery mixed with a seemingly improvised visual aesthetic proves uniquely unsettling. For every Billie Eilish writing songs about being a bad guy, there’s people out there like Cute Door writing songs that have you checking for angry ex’s under your bed at night.