“Am I fancy enough?/Am I dancing enough?/Am I handsome enough?/Tell me right now so I can be enough,” he raps on “Young Harleezy.” But don’t think for a minute that Harlow isn’t also having heaps of fun. It’s a series of diary entries authored by the coolest kid in school, and, as such, is not without moments of self-doubt. “You might be the man, well, that's unless I am/Okay, I'll confess I am.”Ĭome Home the Kids Miss You is Harlow coming to terms with his still-ascending star, reflections on his position sandwiched between meticulous wordplay and appeals for affection (“I’d Do Anything to Make You Smile,” “Side Piece,” “Lil Secret,” “Like a Blade of Grass”). ![]() “They say, 'You a superstar now,' damn, I guess I am,” he raps. By the time of Come Home the Kids Miss You’s release, he’d been a performing guest on SNL, been called “Top 5 out right now” by one Kanye West, and released his Fergie-sampling, TikTok-conquering “First Class.” But as he remarks on that very song, life has been moving maybe quicker than he can comprehend. It’s a wonder he held out as long as he did. ![]() ![]() When Jack Harlow settled in to record “Movie Star,” something had been weighing on his heart: “I’m done faking humble, actin’ like I ain’t conceited/’Cause, bitch, I am conceited, you know you can’t defeat it,” he rapped.
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