Samantha Scarlette is a rock singer and songwriter
based in New York.
There is a strong Gothic element to her look, and
those concepts are also frequently present in her lyrics, but with a surprising
lack of feeling.
I have done my listening primarily through
Scarlette's Youtube channel, so it is probably more glaring via videos than
simply listening. Regardless, whether the song is about corruption, light
breaking into eternal darkness, or the impossibility of winning over one's
demons, the primary emotion always seems to be an enjoyment of having the
camera on her and satisfaction in her cuteness. No matter what changes to hair
color, costume, and setting occur, the emotion never does. Even in the spoken
intro to "Page Six", with a monologue about choosing loneliness after
deciding she is unlovable, the intonation is almost Valley Girl-like.
From some of her tweets, it is clear she has real
pain in her life, at least partially due to a bad father - something I
sympathize with - but it feels like the pain has never achieved any real depth,
so it comes off as petulance. Narcissism may have provided some shielding.
Scarlette occasionally reminds me of Courtney Love,
but Love's dysfunction is deeper and more interesting. It's disappointing. She
has a pretty large following though, so it must work for some people.
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