Written by Harper White
Many celebrities experience stalking, but how many then write an EP from the perspective of their own stalker? Frost Children are back with their new EP Tweaker Poem, a six-track masterpiece with equally impressive writing and production–all done by Lulu and Angel Prost, the siblings that make up the duo.
With much of the EP being from the perspective of a “tweaker,” or stalker, lines such as “if only I could kill you I could show you what death is,” and “worst case we die,” allude to the most violent ideations a stalker might have. Yet, there are many parts of the EP that seem to deeply relate to the subject. In a statement, Frost Children said:
“The tweaker, by our definition embodied by the possessive, obsessive, laser-focused lover-weirdo, deserves to laugh and cry and have anthems, too. These are hymns for lovers who hypnotize themselves with faith when the world seems to frown and frown and frown at them.”
One could easily listen to the project and, paying little attention to the lyrics, see it as simply great dance music. But if you read the lyrics, you might find yourself actually creeped out by some of them. Despite the concept of the EP, though, Angel Prost makes it clear that it’s “not a victim album” (The FADER). Perhaps the project served as a way to work through the experience and move on from it.
“Satellites,” the first track and only single, establishes the theme of the project, as well as the perspective. The line, “next life I’mma pull you way closer” repeats throughout the song, alluding to “this belief that it wasn’t meant to be in this life or, [the stalker] knows better than this idol that [they’re] harassing…[they] know that in another timeline this is supposed to be right,” as Angel Prost said to The FADER in an interview. They come back to this idea in “Gutted”, the fourth track: “in another life, I know you see me how I see you.” I’ve heard Frost Children’s vocals described as “Emo pop” and that seems the most fitting, but there is a gentler quality to Angel’s vocals on this track that make the verses softer. These vocals extend until the very end of the song, and “Creep” immediately jumps back into them.
The longest track on the EP, “Creep” has the recurring lines “Let my love in, I’m your creep/Lie to me, girl, make me bleed,” throughout almost the entire song. Probably partially due to this repetition, it’s one of the catchier songs on the release. It builds to a strong, spiraling bridge and another vocal-heavy outro.
You can really hear the emo influence in the vocals of “Afterlife.” Despite being the shortest song on the EP, it’s memorable for how direct it is. It’s the song that alludes most directly to death and the extremity of the stalker’s thoughts.
The refrain of “Gutted” is the most fun to sing along to, in my opinion, and the track itself is incredible. While they might be essentials for a lot of electronic music, from my perspective Frost Children are experts at using synths and claps, and this shows through especially in this track, as well as “Satellites” and “Light Leak.”
The first pre-chorus of “Light Leak” is my favorite moment off the entire EP. The song cuts down to basically only the bass synth and vocals, before adding in a higher, buzzy synth and claps, all building to the climactic chorus. Later in the song, a reference to Girl In The North Country by Bob Dylan shows up with the lyric “See for me that your hair’s hanging down / That’s the way I remember you now.” I would say this was unexpected if not for their song “Bob Dylan,” off their 2023 album Hearth Room.
To close out the project, “Faster” seems less related to the overall theme of the EP and serves to connect the project to their current era. It gets ravey at times, and includes the sounds of a lion roaring and machine gun fire (explosive sounds–gunfire, lasers, explosions–can be heard in different spots on the EP).
A couple large themes permeate the EP. The theme of light shows up a lot, with the penultimate track called “Light Leak,” and every song having lyrics relating to light or sun: “Get your moment in the spotlight…Cause the feelings come and go like flashing lights…Sacrifice it all, just a moment in the sunshine” (“Satellites”); “Never lose the light, guide you through the night” (“Creep”); “Can I show you the light?” (“Afterlife”); “I just need your light” (“Gutted”); “We let the light leak through/Don’t let the light leave you…Point the sunshine all across your face” (“Light Leak”); “White sky in the sunlight, burning like desire in your eyes…My woes and I, we shinin’ so bright …Don’t worry now, we gon’ see the light” (“Faster”). Even the cover art is filled with light, filtering through pool water to form a bright blue background. Darkness and shadows also act as a motif, but are overshadowed by the idea of light. This theme can be interpreted in different ways, but what makes the most sense to me is to look at it as representative of two different themes throughout the EP. The first is death, or “seeing the light,” like in the line “Can I show you the light?” in “Afterlife.” The second is fame and the spotlight. The lines “Sacrifice it all, just a moment in the sunshine” and “Get your moment in the spotlight” in “Satellites” presumably reference a stalker’s desire to be close to fame, at any cost. The album being filled with “light” feels intentionally in contrast to the dark subject matter.
Any Frost Children fan is happy to see them working on projects like the recent Kim Petras album Detour, but their talents really shine when they’re doing everything themselves. This particular project was made in a 24-hour studio session in Tokyo, after a night of DJing in New York and then a flight to Japan the next morning. Under these conditions of sleep deprivation, Angel and Lulu made a very cohesive project; I believe that because the songs were made in such quick succession (and they are listed on the EP in the chronological order they were made), each track and its themes naturally bleed into the next, forming one holistic project as opposed to just six tracks that are grouped together.
The production on Tweaker Poem is some of Frost Children’s best yet. With no apparent samples from any other source, they sample themselves in two different instances: their song “Falling” off their 2025 album SISTER is used as the the intro to “Afterlife,” and then in the intro to the final track “Faster,” a sped-up vocal sample from “GET WHAT WE WANT,” off their 2022 album SPIRAL is used. The new material is of course the focus though, and it’s great. The hooks in every song stick like super glue in the listener’s head. It’s almost unbelievable that this EP was made in such a short period of time under such intense conditions, but Frost Children have set the bar so high for themselves that it makes sense. The artists’ entire discography feels like a good story arc.
Most recently, SISTER set the tone for a more EDM-heavy release like Tweaker Poem. However, I differentiate this project from a lot of mainstream EDM artists’ sounds. While there are certainly 2010s components throughout the EP, it’s not a backstep into the previous decade. Frost Children have such a unique sound, that they describe as “equal parts emo, electronic and pop” (The FADER). Never have I heard such incredible, danceable electronic music that still manages to cover heavy topics so gracefully in the genres of EDM or hyperpop.
The duo works exceptionally well together, in the studio and while DJing. It’s like they would have found each other as a creative duo in any lifetime, they just happened to be born as siblings. In fact, Lulu said something similar in 2023: “I think we leave room for each other’s spirits to exist…if we weren’t family we would just be best friends” (PAPER). That sentiment shows through in all their work, including Tweaker Poem.
Listen to Tweaker Poem below:
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