Summer Walker Is Definitely “Still Over It”
Summer Walker croons about disloyalty and heartache on her sophomore album, calling out the drama of her complicated relationship with London on da Track.
By Bianca Thompson
Summer Walker’s Still Over It Digital Album Cover/Image via Nylon
Summer Walker’s new album reinvents the meaning of 808s and heartbreak, transporting fans into a world of great intimacy, vulnerability and intense emotion. Whether you’re going through a complicated breakup, dealing with baby daddy drama, discovering self-worth or regaining your strength, this project has a track for you.
Still Over It is a compilation of heartache, anger, resentment, and healing. A true trap R&B album, filled with raw storytelling, melodic beats and cutthroat lyrics. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter does not shy away from calling out everyone who’s wronged her in the past — especially when it comes to her ex-boyfriend, producer London on da Track, who Walker recently had a child with.
On the opening track “Bitter,” Walker takes being raw and unfiltered to a new level, calling out the drama between her, London on da Track and his exes. As messy as it is, it’s a daring introduction to a melodramatic project.
Hidden beneath soft melodies and bold lyrics is a lot of dirty laundry waiting to be aired out: “Bitter, yeah, mad at me, mad at my n****/Mad at the fact he ain't with you/Mad at the fact that it's me.” Walker references her social-media disputes with the mothers of London’s other children, with a savage question most people would be too afraid to ask when judging their partner’s choice in exes: “London, did you screw this b**** for real?”
Most fans expected an actual verse from female rapper Cardi B and may have been disappointed to only hear her in a voicemail at the end of the song with some words of wisdom for Walker, telling her to “put that drama in your music.”
Listeners who gravitate to Walker for her story-telling and blunt nature won’t be disappointed by this project. Still Over It is a raw emotional release that explores the harsh reality of falling out of love with someone you envisioned a future with — well-written, richly-textured and endlessly-playable.
On “Constant B*******,” Walker questions her lover’s real intentions: “Do you mean it when you say my name?/'Cause, lately, all this b******* ain't makin' me feel what you say.” The track captures the theme of distrust as Walker confronts her lover whose true colours have been exposed by repeatedly failing to match his actions with his words.
It wouldn’t be a Summer Walker album without the track “Session 33,” a slow and somber sequel to Walker’s 2019 hit “Session 32.” Walker appears more vulnerable and fed up than ever before, as she recounts letting go of her relationship because of her lover’s bad habits and unwillingness to change. In contrast, “No Love,” featuring SZA, is a sex anthem reminising on the bliss of emotional detachment. While “Unloyal,” featuring Ari Lennox, is a smooth and sultry track filled with complex harmonies and vocal range.
The album shifts back and forth between passionate expressions and nonchalant narration but Walker ensures to deliver a memorable end with the song “4th Baby Mama,” where she ruthlessly calls out London on da Track for his lack of parental involvement, while throwing shade at his mother and Atlanta rapper Young Thug for being bad influences. The project is tied together by “Ciara’s Prayer,” a benediction from R&B singer Ciara about independence, self-worth and the affirmation of new love.
Ultimately, Still Over It teaches the importance of being your own hypewoman (or man), to prioritize yourself and never place your happiness in someone else’s hands, and to never fight for a spot in someone’s life. If someone mistreats you, simply write a diss album about them and move on.
