CHANGE, COMPLEX, PLEASURE, READY: THE MONTAIGNE INTERVIEW
Thank you, Montaigne, aka Jessica Cerro, for doing half the work for any writer wanting a shorthand take on her new record, Complex, an album of vibrant art pop that positions her as far more Janelle Monae than Jessica Mauboy. As her press release tallies, these songs deal with “an ex-boyfriend with a literal Messiah complex, gaslighting, body image, critical loneliness, long distance love, intense self-loathing, being a people pleaser, gaming, sex robots, gender pay imbalanc