Yaeji’s With A Hammer: read the credits as a listening map

The record in context

XL Recordings dates With A Hammer to April 7, 2023 and lists thirteen tracks. Its credits identify Enayet on “Michin,” Nourished by Time on “Happy,” and Loraine James on “1 Thing To Smash.” Those names supply a practical discovery route. Rather than treating an album as a sealed object made by one person, you can ask how collaborators enter its world and what their presence makes you curious about.

Sources: Yaeji — With A Hammer / release information and artist context

A way into the music

Listen to those three credited collaborations, then return to the album’s first track and hear the full sequence. Do you experience the guest appearances as departures or as parts of one continuous conversation? Try to identify the point where you think another musical personality becomes audible, then check the credits. Your guess may be wrong, but it can reveal the assumptions you make about collaboration.

Where to go next

Choose one collaborator to explore next, keeping a link back to the Yaeji track that introduced them. That turns a credit into a trail through music. It also gives you a reason to return once the other artist’s work is more familiar.