Gordon Ramsay has spent years setting the kitchen on fire; now he is burning the charts, too. Gordon Ramsay is a world-renowned chef known for his television personality and 17 Michelin stars. Although he has built a massive following in the cooking world, on March 29, he dropped Raw!, an EDM dance-pop album. Raw! is a great album, and its production processes, unique sound, and appeal to young listeners are exactly what make it the missing piece the internet has been waiting for.
Just like Gordon Ramsay himself, the album has a fiery sound that draws listeners in. In an interview with TMZ, he said, “I’ve had this in the works for a few years now, and I truly needed it to be perfect. That’s why it took so long.” In the album, the perfection shows. Each track erupts with the sound of the same fire he brings to every kitchen he steps into. Although the album does have a dose of controlled chaos, Ramsay was able to shape the fire into a vessel of emotion.
The tracks are all an expression of a newfound confidence and an ability to be vulnerable. With this, one of the greatest songs is “Am I Sorry.” The song explores his feelings about the idiot sandwich situation, and how he questions if he was in the wrong. Lyrics like, “it was a skit, but it felt so real–so, am I sorry.” Even though this song is on the sadder side, it sparked one of the largest trends on social media right now. The trend consists of singing the lyrics to an uninformed friend and recording their confused reaction. The album is filled with iconic songs, but undeniably, the greatest one is called “It’s Still Raw”. This song is a diss track to Gordon Ramsay’s haters. The lyrics have an amazingly confident feel. One line in particular, “I checked the bass, I checked the bass, I checked the vibe, and it’s still raw!“ is going viral for its unhinged tone. Although it’s viral for giving listeners an uncanny feeling, it was the basis for the current largest dance trend. The dance is a combination of the Macarena and the stanky leg. Raw! is an amazing representation of Ramsay’s emotion, whether it be happy, sad, or even angry.
When popular music blows up, most people don’t think of where or how it was produced, but if they were to dig a little deeper, they could find a gold mine. Unforgettable albums like In Utero by Nirvana were amazingly recorded at Pachyderm studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. The newest album to come out of the studio is Raw!. Allegedly, Ramsay spent 5 weeks in Cannon, but it hasn’t been announced when he was here. This connection is very influential and could bring many amazing singers to Cannon Falls.
Overall, the album is an exciting mix of the highs and lows that surround Gordon Ramsay’s career. He uses a mix of fiery instruments that explode with sound to amplify his true feelings within the EDM style. In the past, Gordon Ramsay was burning the kitchen, but now he is incinerating the charts. If this debut album explains anything, it’s that Ramsay is not done reinventing himself.
