Ghetto Cupid

Dumont would release his third extended play (EP) Heartpacing in August 2022, He began to work on his debut studio album following a string of single releases. In an interview with the American media company Our Generation Music, Jaydes revealed that the album was originally titled Magenta. He expressed that the album's concept and cover were changed because he no longer felt connected to his original vision. Jaydes released the album's first single, "Undercover", on January 21, 2023 as a standalone single on Soundcloud. A plugg song, Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre had discussed its "exasperated lip flap". == Composition ==

Overview Music journalists had described Ghetto Cupid as a plugg and shoegaze release. and contains 17 tracks, with production primarily handled by Jaydes himself alongside various record producers, marking his switch to using guitars for making music. Tracks Alphonse Pierre said that "[he] flips Weezer on "Misery," feeling he wanted to make sure listeners know "his influences go beyond rap". Pierre also wrote that "Brief bits add texture to the melodrama: from the exasperated lip flap at the beginning of 'Undercover', to the spammed producer tag—'you have no heart'—on 'Horror'." == Critical reception ==

Alphonse Pierre writing for Pitchfork gave the album a score of 7.5 out of 10, explaining that the project pulls together disparate strands, from plugg to shoegaze and emo; going further into detail, he stated that the album is "messy, but [it] works more often than not", also comparing it to the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Lucki. The reviewer also said while the "hodgepodge should be corny", it’s not, "because he’s just so earnest about it all". Pierre felt that Jaydes layers "soft," "lovelorn" melodies over a wide range of beats. Matthew Strauss of Pitchfork said the project was a "follow-up" to his previous success, Heartpacing, calling it more "expansive". ==Track listing==

Notes • All tracks are stylized in lowercase. Sample credits • "Dead Girl" contains a sample of "Sextape", written by Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, Chino Moreno, Frank Delgado, and Sergio Vega, produced by Nick Raskulinecz as performed by Deftones. • "Misery" contains a sample of "Undone – The Sweater Song", produced by Ric Ocasek as performed by Weezer. == Personnel ==

Credits adapted from Apple Music. • Jaydes – vocals, songwriting • Grayskies – production (track 1,2) • Marcusbasquiat – production (10) • Srrybouturshoes – production (track 7) • Jewxlry – production (track 7) • BossUp – production (track 14) • 0grave – production (track 15) • Krxxk – production (track 17) ==References==