TUCKER: Finally, we come to Olivia Rodrigo. I'll never know what I'm going to say until then. I'll never know what I'm going to say till you say you do. I'm out of my mind - out of my mind dreaming of you. MATTHEW SWEET: (Singing) I'm out on a limb - out on a limb reaching for you. My favorite song on his excellent new album is called "At A Loss" because he really does sound at a loss for what he's going to do with his broken heart. Like so much of the music Sweet has recorded since the late 1980s, the songs on "Catspaw" sound like hit singles that never became hits, which only makes his feverish guitar playing and his plaintive vocals seem more poignant. Sweet's new album is called "Catspaw," a word that means someone who's been duped, who's the victim of another. TUCKER: Where Jazmine Sullivan projects a steely strength of character, a refusal to be manipulated in a relationship, the veteran pop rocker Matthew Sweet is all desperation and exposed nerve endings. So don't forget to come and pick up your feelings and don't leave no pieces. No more benefits, pop-up visits - hands tied - no grip. Need a ride? Call that - gas way too expensive.
And I bet you I look better, don't I? New phone - who is this - contact don't exist. Yeah, listen, I ain't listening just for you to go and break my heart again. You ran out of chances of forgiving, yeah. SULLIVAN: (Singing) I'm trying to find a to give for you. The musical tension between the church and the bedroom gives Sullivan's singing an extra surge. While Sullivan's vocals have a powerful gospel edge, her EP is filled with stories about women's sexual and romantic feelings, told in very explicit language. She's settled into cold dismissal, telling the guy to pick up his feelings for her and get out of here. On "Pick Up Your Feelings," Sullivan portrays herself as a woman who is so over her boyfriend's cheating, she is beyond being hurt. KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: That's Jazmine Sullivan and "Pick Up Your Feelings," a high point of her new EP title, "Heaux Tales," which debuted at No. New phone - who is this? - brand-new like the whip. I ain't even got the miles to trip on you. Run me my keys - no more popping up to hit it, yeah. Yeah, you so sloppy how I caught you slipping up.
Yeah - funny how I finally flipped the script on you when you the one who's double dipping. JAZMINE SULLIVAN: (Singing) You say that I've been acting different. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PICK UP YOUR FEELINGS") Rock critic Ken Tucker has been listening to the ways romantic disappointment has been expressed in new songs by three artists - R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan, who sang the national anthem at this year's Super Bowl alongside Eric Church, pop star Olivia Rodrigo and rocker Matthew Sweet. Most of us have gone through a heartbreaking romance, which we each experience in our own individual way.
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