Slayyyter has been a main pillar of my musical universe since the release of “Mine” in 2019. Her unique blend of chronically online girly pop lyricism, nostalgia, and tooth-ache-inducing production has been imitated by many in the hyperpop scene but never replicated. I’ve wondered for a long time when Slayyyter would finally release an album that could stand up to her impressive body of 2000s’-nouveau anthemic singles.
I knew WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA was bound to be a completely different type of Slayyyter record from the moment I heard the second single, “CANNABALISM!,” dangerously intimate, sexy, bass-forward and vocally experimental. This song is a complete world unto itself, yet it lives harmoniously in the same universe as dirty electronic, rap-inspired and drug-fuelled “OLD TECHNOLOGY,” and techno-show girl track “$T.LOSER.”
WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA is a glittering and gutteral romp through what it feels like to a girl in 2026 and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Throughout this album, Slayyyter supplies nasty bars, hedonistic dance aesthetics, deliciously grungey vocal delivery with fuck you experimentation reminescent of Death Grips. “CRANK” and “I’M ACTUALLY KINDA FAMOUS” are standout tracks in their red-hot intensity in an album that delivers heater after heater without impunity.
In a meditation on romantic obsession, Slayyyter gives us Lana Del Ray on speed in “UNKNOWN LOVERZ.” She also pays homage to other greats of the 2010s with True Romance-era Charli XCX flavour on “OLD FLING$” and Lorde-inspired elements of her delivery on “GAS STATION.”
The crown jewel of this record comes in the form of its final track, “BRITTANY MURPHY.” Slayyyter merges dance synths, addictive auto-tune, and sincere guitar in a contemplation of mortality and fame. Through this distillation of ideas, influences, and intimacy, an even more powerful and confident Slayyyter emerges, and I am completely obsessed.
