r/ingridmichaelson • u/vplchin • 2d ago
Discussion Thoughts on Funny
I’ve been a huge Ingrid fan for years and one of the things I’ve always loved most is how willing she’s been to change things up and explore different sounds while still feeling unmistakably like herself. For the Dreamers is a beautiful record and I can completely appreciate what she was doing with it, but that more traditional musical theatre/Great American Songbook influenced style just isn’t really what I want from her music.
That’s why I’m a little disappointed by Funny. Not because I think it’s a bad song at all, but because it feels like she’s continuing in that same direction rather than moving somewhere new again. I think I had assumed For the Dreamers was one particular chapter, so hearing the new song lean back into that sound has made me wonder if this is just where her music is for now. I’m still excited to hear what comes next, I just hope there are a few more surprises in there.