The experience of pop stardom is a paradox that entices even as it ensnares. This duality lies at the heart of 2hollis’s fourth studio album, Star, which unpacks the disorienting spectacle of celebrity, including the desperate pleas for privacy that double as subtle flexes: “Are they looking at me?” the 21-year-old Hollis Frazier-Herndon asks on the confrontational “Tell Me.” He maneuvers through it all with a meticulously curated nonchalance, exuding the air of someone who couldn’t care less when, of course, he very much does.

Call it effortlessly try-hard or try-hard effortlessness—the default state of being for twentysomethings navigating the world as a self-defense mechanism. But Hollis manages to make this brand of performative indifference not just bearable, but at times even exhilarating.

With Star, Hollis continues to refine the contours of his sound, though it still largely manifests as a frothy blend of dance-driven Edm infused with touches of hip-hop.