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Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy: I’d love this more if it was called “Antwan.” Alas.
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Rebecca A. Gowns: I was never a fan of Jojo, but her latest mixtape has won me over. And this standout track from it is killing me. ANDRE, A-A-A-A-ANDREEEEE
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Alfred Soto: A lawyer’s brief set to sawtooth synths, “Andre” takes full advantage of JoJo’s shrewdness in maneuvering between recrimination and desire, as in the unexpected leap to parched high notes on the line “I’m a sucker for a guy with a beautiful mind.”
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Anthony Easton: JoJo’s voice has a rich thickness — as fat as foie gras, as sweet as chocolate pudding. That she uses it to invest lines like “heart beat out of my chest” or “a love that you cannot name,” or even one that assumes that the typical romantic nonsense is strange, seems to be a waste. Extra point for the production near the end. 
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Crystal Leww: “Andre” sounds like a cross between the modern day synth-heavy EDM pop radio and ’00s Outkast joints, and it soars. I love that second iteration of “I’m a sucker for a guy with a beautiful mind,” sung with a breathlessness, like that out of breath feeling when someone is just as great as you imagined. Where is that new album?
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Jonathan Bradley: The stuttered hook and crystalline sparkle of the synths both work in “Andre”‘s favor, as does the staticky bump and grind that punctuates the closing seconds of the tune, but it seems like the production tricks are being used to hide a composition that hasn’t been developed beyond sketch status. Listen to the flimsy elongated vowels that dress up the verses: the gaudiness is suspicious. It creates the unfortunate impression that no one else can see in this Andre fellow what JoJo does.
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Patrick St. Michel: “And I know it sounds kinda strange/it’s a love that you can’t explain.” JoJo has that right, because she fails at explaining why Andre is a guy some folks think is “strange.” Her one piece of evidence is that he wears a leather jacket in June — it gets chilly in June sometimes! JoJo does way better expressing her devotion to the titular fellow over the course of this song, to the point it gets a little too personal. See the gender-swapping “some other life” bit, plus the line “vibe gets heavy and the clothes get wetter” (yikes). Yet what works best is that jubilant chorus, where JoJo practically floats out of the song because she’s so giddy to call Andre her own.
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Brad Shoup: It ain’t nearly strange enough for the subject, not at all. She might as well be singing about the champagne. (I thought the “ahhh — refreshing!” was coming from that tab… nope.) One great touch: ripping the airlock off for the bridge.
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Will Adams: There are two moments when “Andre” is amazing: the second half of the bridge, when a distorted synth bass roars through; and the chorus in which JoJo sings over nothing but gritty industrial beats. These moments bolster JoJo’s verging-on-manic delivery, matching the degree of affection. Unfortunately, they also highlight how ordinary the rest of the production is.
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