Slowed down and introspective, “Michael’s” lyrics portray an obsessive and toxic turned unrequited love.

The distorted baseline and slowed-down synths give it a late 90s alt-pop vibe nostalgic of the Pixies, and the live from Webster Hall recording, where the song was first introduced, only adds to the vintage theme.

“ Michael,” the lead track off the album, delves further into new sounds for Wolf. With its play on lo-fi, and a PinkPantheress feature, “Cake” explores a new sound for Remi Wolf, while still staying true to her funky and upbeat style. I think I better call it a night, one more drink and I’ll burn this house down,” she belts, describing an erratic and unrequited love. The lyrics in “Cake” match the impassioned theme of the music, “you I beg and plead, someone to lay down and lie to me. Affixed with a PinkPantheress feature and a music video that’s as visually vibrant as the sounds in the song itself, “Cake” works as the perfect addition to Juno. Using muted synths and chopped vocals reminiscent of lo-fi pop, but with an alt-rock and punching chorus, “Cake” is a creative sensory explosion that, although strays stylistically from her usual work, resonates as a Remi Wolf track from the first bar. The next track, “ Cake,” was written after Juno’s release and traverses a more downtempo and electronic sound than Wolf’s previous work. Wolf goes on questioning if she’ll ever be able to be herself, and if she’ll ever be able to get it right- a familiar feeling for people struggling to meet the needs of a capitalist society while also meeting their own needs. “Get it wrong every day I’m trying to figure out my life, I’m a cry baby I’m so lazy… I ramble, I gamble with my future, that’s true sir,” she sings in the second verse, juxtaposing her confidence in the first. “I’m a fine design, busy when you hit my line, I’m a working girl in a wicked world,” Wolf sings over breathy and chopped background vocals and long-drawn-out keyboard notes. The topic itself is popular among songs from all time periods and music genres, but Remi Wolf’s unique style helps “Fired” deliver the message in its own vibrant way.

“Fired,” tells the woes of trying to fit into the nine-to-five work culture as a unique individual through an introspectively charged ballad. The album starts with the song “ Fired,” written before Wolf began her work on Juno but not released until June 3rd with the rest of Juno (Deluxe).

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