Alice Merton’s Newest Style

Alice Merton’s Newest Style

Alice Merton ended her debut album, “Mint,” with “Why So Serious,” a song full of questions like “When did we get like this?” This is the desire for a more carefree, less calculated spirit, sung by her overdubs, the call-and-response of the female fence from the voices of women above the bouncing bass line. And this is a counterweight, a small part, with an album that takes everything very seriously, from career ambitions and lover’s quarrels to the placement of each hook.