Delete Ya
Djo
"Delete Ya" is Djo at his most direct and propulsive — a post-punk-inflected indie-pop track where the guitars have an edge and the lyric has even more. The song is about the particular relief of removing someone from your phone and the particular difficulty of removing them from your mind, and the production captures that tension between clean action and messy feeling. The rhythm section drives forward with an insistence that matches the emotional content: something being insisted upon, a decision being made again and again until it finally sticks. Keery's vocal here has more snap to it, slightly more aggressive than the dreamier registers he inhabits elsewhere, which suits a lyric that's trying to muster conviction it doesn't entirely feel. The guitar work has a satisfying jangle that recalls the best of British post-punk while the production choices keep it firmly in the present. This is the song you play when you've made the decision and need the music to back you up, to make the choice feel as definitive as you want it to feel. It's also simply a very good pop song with a hook that stays in the mouth long after the arrangement fades.
fast
2020s
bright, jangling, propulsive
American Indie / British post-punk influenced
Indie Pop, Post-Punk. Guitar Pop. Determined, Conflicted. Opens with a decision and propels forward with rhythmic insistence, the lyric straining to match the conviction of the instrumentation and nearly succeeding by the end. energy 7. fast. danceability 7. valence 6. vocals: snappy, slightly aggressive, wry, direct, energized. production: jangling guitars, driving rhythm section, post-punk edge, propulsive. texture: bright, jangling, propulsive. acousticness 4. era: 2020s. American Indie / British post-punk influenced. When you've made the decision and need the music to reinforce it.