Summer time Walker has spent over half a decade crafting a trilogy of albums that map heartbreak, want and messy love in intoxicating element. Whether or not you fell in love with the lovesick candour of 2019’s ‘Over It’ or 2021’s ‘Nonetheless Over It’ for its alchemic transformation of heartbreak into alt-R&B gold, the 29-year-old singer has crafted data that sits comfortably throughout the pantheon of recent R&B classics. And on ‘Lastly Over It’, the ultimate instalment within the collection, Walker feels unshackled for the primary time, now not haunted by her public break-ups.
Walker, who has gripped the R&B world with confessional, lived-in lyrics over lush, seductive instrumentals, has at all times been a tragic character of types – a bit just like the late Anna Nicole Smith, whom she embodies on the album artwork. From the primary violin wail of disc one – the “For Higher” part – you anticipate her to return out swinging with gutsy, candid emotion, shoving her coronary heart in your hand and forcing you to hearken to her velvet voice. And he or she does – even when the options lavatory her down.
‘Robbed You’ tries to recreate the sugarcoated violence of ‘Over It’ standout ‘I’ll Kill You’, however as a substitute of being so in love that you just’d kill your accomplice in the event that they depart, Walker sings in her signature feisty method of being so annoyed after the break-up that robbing her accomplice would have been extra helpful. Although, the place Jhene Aiko slipped in completely on ‘I’ll Kill You’, Mariah The Scientist’s stoic power dulls what may have been an exciting spotlight.
We’re additionally robbed of a lady anthem on ‘Go Lady’: Walker’s rap is torpid, Latto fumbles on this languid world and Doja Cat is simply too late to save lots of the dreary tune. However, ‘Child’ with Chris Brown is essentially the most polarising second, as a result of the latter is flat when doubling the refrain with Walker – losing the pattern of Mariah Carey’s ‘At all times Be My Child’ – however the melody is so hypnotic, you’ll sway and roll your shoulders in an surprising Uno reverse second that (kinda) works.
However when you make it previous that shmuck, then you definitely’ll be rewarded on disc two – the “For Worse” part – the place the feelings are extra nuanced and real looking. The witty ‘How Sway’ with SAILORR hilariously flips the notorious Kanye West meme with the shimmery heat of basic R&B. Walker and Brent Faiyaz prolong their reign because the King and Queen of poisonous balladry with ‘Quantity One’. And we lastly get that woman anthem with ‘Baller’, the place Southern floor-shakers GloRilla, Sexyy Purple and Monaleo stand tall with their very own rhythms, injecting enjoyable and individuality into this full-throttle celebration of female badassery.
‘Sew Me Up’ is the album’s strongest ballad: a uncooked, autobiographical cry for assist, changed into collective catharsis over pleading guitar and bursting cymbals. “I do know that it’s mistaken, however that’s how I used to be taught,” Walker confesses, “Gave my coronary heart as soon as earlier than, and all it received was torn.” The tune embodies the emotional coronary heart of the entire ‘Over It’ trilogy. Love has by no means been straightforward for Walker: each breakup has been a public spectacle plastered throughout social media, so she’s been pressured to interrupt and rebuild repeatedly below a microscope in entrance of the world. However now, she’s discovered her autonomy. The place Anna Nicole wasn’t allowed peace, Walker has traded tragedy for her personal company and, eventually, she will lastly be over it.
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- Report label: LVRN/Interscope Data
- Launch date: November 14, 2025
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