Paris Hilton – “Infinite Icon” review

Paris Hilton is a 43 year old media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, singer, actress & DJ from New York notable for being the granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton. She’s had numerous reality TV shows in the last couple decades, put out a full-length debut studio album Paris through Warner Records & shortly after was instrumental in helping launch the career of Kim Kardashian. There was even a point in time where she temporarily signed to Cash Money Records during the height of YMCMB’s popularity & is returning to the music scene for a sophomore effort.

“Welcome Back” is an electropop opener singing about her return to music after nearly 2 decades whereas “I’m Free” featuring Rina Sawayama fuses dance-pop, nu-disco, contemporary R&B French house & Brazilian bass tackling the theme of doing whatever they want with their lives. “Chasin’” featuring Meghan Trainor garishly mutates dance-pop, tropical house, afrobeats, dancehall, contemporary R&B & moombahton givin’ up on their exes prior to “B.B.A. (Bad Bitch Academy)” featuring Megan Thee Stallion obnoxiously crosses over dance-pop & hip hop schooling the baddies.

Sia joins Paris for the alt-pop, synthpop & electropop duet “Fame Won’t Love You” talking about fame not caring for people as much as a parent would leading into “ADHD” calling the neurodevelopmental disorder her superpower over dense, layered & compressed production usually coupled with a distinct fuzzy & warm low-frequency synthesizer style. “Legacy” draws inspiration from dance-pop again singing about making history with her current husband Carter Reum, but then “Stay Young” is this poppy house hybrid seeking eternal youth.

“Infinity” gets back on the electropop tip to sing about Carter’s love for her being heaven sent stopping the world when he put her over everything else while “If the Earth is Spinning” featuring Sia goes synthpop dancing within the Earth spinnin’ since it’s a new beginning. “Without Love” featuring Maria Becerra nears the end of the LP with a house-pop duet not wanting to live without love & “Adored” is an electropop closer expressing the feeling of adoration.

One of the things that I personally have always appreciated about Paris was Scott Storch’s half of the production on there since The Roots’ original keyboardist & former Aftermath Entertainment in-house producer’s extraordinary talent remains undeniable. For the follow-up, I like it less than the debut. Even if dance-pop & electropop vibes from the debut remain in tact except the contemporary R&B & pop rock undertones are swapped out in favor of synthpop & house pop, Paris’ vocals still haven’t improved whatsoever in nearly 2 decades.

Score: 1/5

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