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Magical Thinking, Farao's third studio album, unfolds as a layered journey through loss, longing, and transformation. Evoking the title and spirit of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, it moves through the quiet terrain between denial and acceptance-where grief is not solved, but carried. These are songs of rebuilding and resilience, shaped by themes of grief, motherhood, and the essential rituals that sustain us when clarity fades.Recorded between Oslo and Berlin, the album pulses with '90s R&B flair, '80s disco shimmer, and the contemplative sweep of spiritual jazz-anchored throughout by Farao's intimate vocals and intricate arrangements. From the opening shimmer of InchWaiting for You,Inch where heartbreak is dressed in sequins and a groove evokes Robyn and Chaka Khan, the record invites us into a world where longing is made luminous.On InchSpiritual Garden,Inch named after a fleeting Janet Jackson lyric, Farao crafts a humid, narcotic R&B reverie. Timbaland-style percussion and silky basslines cradle her zither's unexpected textures, conjuring a meditation on abandonment and the fragile reclamation of self-worth. When InchDreamy RideInch glides in-where Aaliyah's cool meets Dorothy Ashby's cosmic harp-the album slips into nocturnal motion, an R&B fantasia for 2 a.m. city drives, her zither weaving through the mix like a guiding star.The playful synth-jam InchHey LadiesInch and a bold reinterpretation of Brandy's InchFull MoonInch lighten the mood midway through. The former is a cheeky, one-minute homage to Destiny's Child; the latter, a nighttime elegy that drapes a beloved classic in deep bass and glimmering synths. Then comes InchXiang Xiang,Inch an intimate interlude built around a whispered voice-note from a friend-reminding us of the real-world bonds grounding Farao's rich sonic universe.At the album's center is the title track InchMagical Thinking,I
