Being Human In Public / Kiddo (LP) [Explicit]
Jessie Reyez

Amoeba Review
08/28/2020
The eclectic Jessie Reyez combines her two EPs, Kiddo and Being Human In Public, into this double release. Her direct and raw lyrics delivered in a scratchy baby-voiced wail lend her a tough vulnerability first revealed in Kiddo's straggly ballad, “Figures.” It's reinforced in the near-mumble rap tune, “Fuck Being Friends” from Being Human In Public. “Shutter Island” offers Lorde-esque, light R&B touches while the lyrically dark “Gatekeeper” edges even further into that genre; “Body Count” bursts free as a poppier anthem against slut-shaming.