Mayhem’s strong first half thankfully makes most of its derivative tendencies go down easy, especially with the help of Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Gessaffelstein’s decadent co-production.

When she made Jubilee, Zauner stepped away from her guitar and became a frontwoman singer. “I didn’t feel super comfortable in that role, honestly,” she remembers. For For Melancholy ...

There’s also some The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes imagery here as the simple farm girl with the lovely voice uses her guitar to strike at the foundations of a ridiculously ...