![]() Strange Mercy finds Clark stepping into the shoes of a “sad housewife,” as she told Time in 2017. And with that narrative oneness came what remains her most cohesive work to date, though one not at all bearing any hints of the path she’d set out for toward the mainstream with every album thereafter. Yet I had little reaction to how Clark appeared while promoting that album’s predecessor, 2011’s Strange Mercy -now reaching its 10th anniversary-even though the LP is, in retrospect, her first time operating in a consistent disguise. When she debuted this character’s unhinged silver frizz upon announcing the album, I remember thinking her new hairdo was excitingly hokey, that she was winkingly self-aware of the zaniness it exuded. ![]() Vincent, would’ve likely been her biggest red-carpet hit. The “near-future cult leader,” as Clark phrased it on The Daily Show, of her fourth album, 2014’s St. Vincent, so she’s always just one inspired fashion choice away from stealing the show at, say, 2019’s camp-themed gala. Costumes, both sartorial and narrative, are perhaps the most consistent thing about the art she makes as St. ![]() It’s a dang shame Annie Clark has never been invited to the Met Gala. ![]()
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