It appears that the rebellious side of Adore observed in her personality and aesthetic has slipped more and more into her music, as no more shits are given about what people think, even more than before. School forces us into the expectations that society prepares for us, but some, like Adore break out of the lines, making her own way of life and proving to all of us that anyone could do it, really.Īdore has brought her ratchet couture into all aspects of her music with Whatever, in contrast to the dirty poppy hip-hop combination of Till Death Do Us Party and After Party. “They” could be anyone: teachers, bullies, friends. “And I don’t ever want to see them again” is the lyric that reccurs throughout this song, and we all know what that feels like. We all have different school-related problems, but Adore has given us an anthem we are all united by. “No School” is what we’ve all wished for, right? Well with this track, now Adore’s given us a song all us teenagers can relate to in some way or another, one that embodies the feeling we all go through while suffering the oppression of education systems.
Visually, the video is more towards the feminine side of Adore, but the vocals are noticeably more mature and scratchy than Adore’s previous works. The music video is the album art work come to life, a long haired wig, ripped jeans, smokey eyeliner and Doc Martens.
“Whole 9 Yards”, Adore’s “love spell to you all”, is filled with angsty lyrics and guitar, but still bears the typical dirty Delano style of lyrics, a mixture of a love song and piss-taking. Recently, many have observed Adore being more androgynous and gender neutral, bring out more of their Danny Noriega side and merging the two to become a modern LGBTQ+ hero. This video seems to be less about affirming Adore’s femininity and drag queenness and is more just not giving a shit about gender. The video shows Adore captaining an androgynous softball team, which isn’t that far off Adore’s relationship with her fanbase.
This track is heavier, growled out and represents the part of Adore that is too punk to wash her tights. Therefore, “Negative Nancy” brings in the fans of Adore’s personality to like her music.