Description
‘This Is Acting’ is a record that overwhelmingly delivers big beats and shout-along choruses straight to the brain’s pleasure center. It’s been exciting to watch Sia slowly grow into her own as a solo artist, and now that she feels more comfortable in her own skin, the pop music she so effortlessly channels for other artists is getting equally fused with a sensibility wholly her own. Nowhere is this clearer than on “Sweet Design,” a thunderously frenetic hip-hop-infused jam so delectable and drum-sample-heavy it would make Missy Elliott drool with envy. This is the sound of Sia, international pop star with no more personal demons holding her back, and it’s a beautiful noise.
