"That's been Iceage's trick for years now- How, Rønnenfelt seems to ask himself, can I make Britpop, or pub punk, or a stonking horn section, sound totally fucking haunted? And sexy? On 'Star,' they apply it to spangly, pop-leaning post-punk, complete with handclaps and theatrical dropouts."
"The song itself is so magnetically cool, anchored by the dynamic, borderline funky rhythm section of Dan Kjær Nielsen and Jakob Tvilling Pless, that it makes 'dying like a star' sound less like chaotic implosion than the height of glamour, mystique, and sex."
"Elias Rønnenfelt is back at his gothic best, moaning and gasping about 'a tempest in drought' and 'a studded veil' and pickling the word 'Louisiana' until it bears no resemblance to its original form. The metaphor is pretty clear ('You've got me dying like a star/Collapsing nebula')."
Iceage's 'Star' exemplifies the band's signature approach of making conventional genres sound haunted and seductive. Elias Rønnenfelt employs gothic imagery and surreal metaphors—comparing dying to a collapsing star—while drawing inspiration from classic cinema's portrayal of charismatic characters facing total devastation. The song combines spangly, pop-leaning post-punk with handclaps and theatrical production choices. A dynamic rhythm section featuring Dan Kjær Nielsen and Jakob Tvilling Pless creates a borderline funky foundation that transforms the morbid lyrical content into something glamorous and mysterious rather than chaotic, making death sound like the ultimate expression of style and mystique.
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