Fredrika Rei - all the feelings

Fredrika Rei

​all the feelings
FGT Entertainment; 2025

By Matt Jensen

Fredrika Rei’s all the feelings hits like a burst of strobe lights in a dark room, overwhelming in a way that feels intentional. From the first moments, I could tell this was not going to be a slow burn. Released on her own label FGT Entertainment, the five-track EP crams infatuation, jealousy, betrayal, and self-scrutiny into 20 minutes of breakneck movement. Rei draws from 90s drum’n’bass, sleek electropop, and raw emotional candor, balancing euphoric highs with moments that sting. It is an emotional sugar rush, and I felt both energized and wrung out by the time it was over.

The sequencing works in its favor. A brand-new opener, “just love (welcome),” sets the mood with a glossy, hyper-charged electronic beat that feels both futuristic and strangely personal. There is something warm in the way the layers swell, even as the track pulses like a machine. “Slayer” follows, and it is a sprint. Easily pushing past 160 BPM, it weaves in a hint of rock energy without losing its club-ready urgency. By this point, I realized the EP was not going to give me much room to breathe.

“Giulietta (feat. GRĒTA)” keeps that pace but adds a cyberpunk shimmer, all neon edges and shadowy corridors. I cannot quite put my finger on why, but it plays like the soundtrack to a city that never turns the lights off. “Vill du säga nåt?” pushes even further into the hyper-tempo territory, the kind of speed that would make any live drummer sweat bullets just thinking about it. “lose my cool” closes things out with a moodier touch, bringing in warped melodies and glitchy percussion that carry shades of Aphex Twin at his most playful.

Listening straight through, I felt my brain working overtime to process everything being thrown at me, not because it was messy, but because Rei leaves no sonic space unused. The production is dense but controlled, often feeling like it is levitating while her voice tethers it to something human. That push and pull is what makes these songs stick; they are not just fast, they are emotionally loaded.

​For me, all the feelings lands somewhere between a confessional and a 3 a.m. rave. It is music for when you cannot decide if you want to dance until your legs give out or sit in the corner and overthink everything. Rei thrives in that in-between space, letting her vulnerability and precision coexist without compromise. By the end, I was exhausted in the best way, wired, reflective, and ready to hit play again just to catch what I might have missed the first time.

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