Ciao! – ‘Scary Haha’ [Album Review]

Mysterious artist Ciao! recently released his debut album, Scary Haha, which narrates his struggles with severe illness, treatment, recovery, and uncertainty. Twenty percent of gross streaming/sales will be donated to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Ciao! explains, “This is more than a harmonic version of a ‘cancer memoir.’ In one sense, it’s a factual diary of a personal disaster. But it’s also an admission and celebration of the various thoughts and feelings that arise when things like mortality and disability spring up to stare us in the face.” Written from hospital beds and in the homes of friends while Ciao! endured enervating treatments and surgeries, Ciao! finally left the clinic as socially distanced nurses blew bubbles and cheered, a touching act that inspired the albu...

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