The Weight of Wanting: How Three Alt-Pop Artists Navigate Ambition and Disillusionment
In contemporary alt-pop, artists increasingly use personal storytelling to explore the tension between vulnerability and ambition, between nostalgic longing and hard-won disillusionment. Three songs exemplify this trend: Tess Clare's "Never Gonna Not Want More," Maggie Rogers' "Light On," and Ethel Cain's "American Teenager." While each carries a distinct emotional signature and cultural perspective, they converge around shared themes of yearning, resilience, and the complex process of defining
