Lay down thy latex and groove. Mango in Euphoria is back to snap the straps and move your hips.
On “Charlatans of Love,” the London-based French artist takes aim at affection used as cover for manipulation: setting the confrontation against a collision of synth-pop and industrial rock.
The reference points span Nine Inch Nails and the extravagant pop of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” There is room between those poles for both club movement and a little machinery grinding its teeth.
Professions of love become suspect when the conduct behind them is calculated to diminish someone. “Charlatans of Love” bridges the gap through resentment, with defiance supplying the release. Dancing becomes a means of taking up space after being discouraged from occupying any of it.
Written and co-produced by Mango in Euphoria, with studio production by Kostas Georgiadis, the single forms part of the forthcoming EP, Lethal Lust, which arrives in 2027.