Reborn (Kavinsky album)
Reborn is the second studio album by French electronic musician Kavinsky, released on 25 March 2022 by Record Makers through Virgin Records and Astralwerks. Co-produced alongside Gaspard Augé and Victor le Masne, it includes collaborations with Romuald, Cautious Clay, Sébastien Tellier, Kareen Lomax, Prudence, Morgan Phalen, and Phoenix. The album was preceded by the singles "Renegade" and "Zenith." Critical reception. On Metacritic, the album received an aggregate score of 74 out of 100 from four reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Christopher Hamilton-Peach of "The Line of Best Fit" rated the album 8/10 and felt that  summer dancefloor hits carouse with the meticulously mercurial on the album, summarising it as "a collection that future-proofs Kavinsky's curation of high-end production, addictive earworms and cinematic scope." Writing for "Clash", Gem Stokes also gave the album the same score and called it a "futuristic" mix of synthwave and "youthful, cinematic" influences, concluding that "the album shines bright with promise for [Kavinsky's] futuristic vista." Ana Leorne of "Beats Per Minute" opined that Kavinsky's retrofuturism "remains as fresh and relevant as ever" and found its tracks to be "insanely cohesive both in terms of writing and  production," although "not as simple variations of a same theme but instead as intricate internal dialogues." Thomas Smith, reviewing the album for "NME," wrote that while the album "carries the air of a more relaxed creator," "Trigger" and "Renegade" are "as ambitious and futuristic as anything he's ever done." Giving the album three out of five stars, Smith felt that when Kavinsky "eases up on maximalism, the songs flourish and we see a different side to his production prowess." Personnel. Credits adapted from AllMusic, Discogs, and liner notes from "Reborn". Musicians Technical Artwork