{"id":28720,"date":"2025-10-21T22:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=28720"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:17:37","slug":"celeste-corsano-xs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/celeste-corsano-xs\/","title":{"rendered":"Celeste Corsano &#8211; XS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celeste Corsano&#8217;s &#8220;XS&#8221; is a beautiful and deeply personal work of art-rock\u00a0with progressive influences, combining openness, social criticism, and nostalgic production into something emotional and dramatic. Corsano uses her own experiences with body image, identity, and societal expectations to create a beautiful soundtrack of self-reflection. The music begins with a &#8217;80s art-rock rhythm that recalls the sounds of Kate Bush, early 1980s\u00a0Genesis, and the artistic elegance of Peter Gabriel&#8217;s solo career. Lush prog-inspired synths create a mood that feels like a lost gem from 1982: colorful, theatrical, and emotionally honest. Corsano&#8217;s cheerful and expressive vocals flow naturally through the mix, balancing sweetness with strong irony as she examines the silly idea of &#8220;fitting in.&#8221; Lyrically, &#8220;XS&#8221; is outstanding in its contradictions. On the surface, it plays with the actual idea of clothing sizes \u2014 &#8220;XS, extra small&#8230; XXS, perfect for sex,&#8221; but below it is an in-depth commentary on society&#8217;s obsession with perfection, approval, and excess. Corsano&#8217;s use of these size labels becomes almost ritualistic, creating an enigmatic song about the commercialization of identity and self-image. Musically complex and thematically profound, &#8220;XS&#8221; sounds\u00a0retro and revolutionary, combining progressive rock sophistication with indie pop confessional elements. It&#8217;s a clever as well as moving single that validates Celeste Corsano&#8217;s particular voice, unafraid to address beauty standards, self-doubt, and the weird theater of modern perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2449279199\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/celestecorsano.bandcamp.com\/track\/xs\">XS by Celeste Corsano<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Celeste Corsano photo by Jerry Reganess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/celestecorsano.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/celestecorsano.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/celestecorsano\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/celestecorsano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/corsanoceleste\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/corsanoceleste<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celeste Corsano&#8217;s &#8220;XS&#8221; is a beautiful and deeply personal work of art-rock\u00a0with progressive influences, combining&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4548,125],"class_list":["post-28720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-celeste-corsano","tag-prog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28722,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28720\/revisions\/28722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}