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Almost five years ago to the day, underscores’ April Harper Grey told us exactly who she wanted to be: “I’m a pop star, baby,” she bragged on “spoiled little brat,” the tinny, pop-punk banger from her 2021 debut fishmonger. “spoiled little brat” is the only fishmonger song underscores performed on her most recent tour outing when she opened for Danny Brown. Is that because it’s an instant crowd-pleaser and fan-favorite? Or is it because underscores was signaling to her audience exactly what to expect from her in the future? U, underscores’ third album, is Grey’s lean and mean bid for pop stardom. Gone are the proggy, conceptual arcs of 2023’s wallsocket. U hits all the beats of a classic pop record—a choreo-primed single, a power ballad, a post-breakup closure anthem—without overstaying its welcome. It’s glossy and stylized, but it never sacrifices the zoomed-up, post-genre, chaos-prone quirks of her earlier work. The goal here is maximum impact in a slimmed-down package.