Mp3 CBR 320 kbps / Flac (tracks) | Pop, Soul, R&B | 45:53 | 106 / 288 MbArtfully awkward sincerity defined the Canadian singer and songwriter Alessia Cara on her 2015 debut album, “Know-It-All.
” In one of its hits, “Here,” she sang about feeling antisocial and alienated at a loud party.
And in a song that became an anthem, “Scars to Your Beautiful,” she decried superficial ideas of beauty, vowing, “To all the girls that’s hurting, let me be your mirror.
” She went on to collaborate with the rapper Logic on the anti-suicide song “1-800-273-8255,” and sang an uplifting Lin-Manuel Miranda song, “How Far I’ll Go,” for the Disney movie “Moana.
” She was named Best New Artist — a few years late — at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Cara’s second album, “The Pains of Growing,” doubles down on both the sincerity — she wrote all the lyrics — and the awkwardness.
“There’s truth in every word I write,” the 22-year-old insists in “Growing Pains,” which opens the album.
If so, she is a singer with an agile voice but a young woman still figuring herself out.
In her new songs, she struggles with a breakup, with loneliness, with worry and depression and with a general sense of futility.
In one song, “Wherever I Live,” she can’t even charge her phone because the outlet in her hotel room is broken.
Tracklist:1. Alessia Cara – Growing Pains2. Alessia Cara – Not Today3. Alessia Cara – I Don’t Want To4. Alessia Cara – 7 Days5. Alessia Cara – Trust My Lonely6. Alessia Cara – Wherever I Live7. Alessia Cara – All We Know8. Alessia Cara – A Little More9. Alessia Cara – Comfortable10. Alessia Cara – Nintendo Game11. Alessia Cara – Out Of Love12. Alessia Cara – Girl Next Door13. Alessia Cara – My Kind14. Alessia Cara – Easier Said15. Alessia Cara – Growing Pains (Reprise)