At that time, on her debut Good Luck, Debby Friday struggled through a thunderous industrial guine between Berghain and Beyoncé: the Nigerian-Canadian musician succeeded in combining elements that have not yet coexisted with each other in order to throw them out into the world as an angry industrial soul.
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That was in 2023, then she toured forever, played at festivals, was awarded – and due to stress -related a painful belt rose. Obviously, she is better: “I want to be a rigid. I can’t hide that desire”, she demands, and her new songs are not only called “All I Wanna do is party” or “in the club”, they also sound that way. Friday has left the radicality of her debut behind to raven.
The first track “1/17” makes it unequivocally clear what it is about: Schranz and trance, filled with lascivious singing singing, which leads us into the club as the ultimate goal. “All i Wanna do is party” can be understood as a new edition of Eurbeat, but with “Leave” there is also a tasty and beat-frequent auto-tune number. In addition to the Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) already tried out on Friday’s debut, the Australian Darcy Baylis as well as the Detroiter Ghetto Tech-Duo Hitech have been trading on the album. With her help, Debby Friday has developed further, although a piece of her unpredictability also lost.
This review was first published in the MusikExpress 08/2025.