joyful

Sometimes you have to break away from heavy, sodden reality and go straight into joyful idiocy.

“Under an administration that targets minorities, we need joyful places like this to celebrate in active resistance. And when a couple comes up to me at Futch and says they met there, it’s magical.”

Ms. Case’s songs spark with this kind of powerful but finite energy, which reflects the alternately joyful and melancholy arc of life itself.

Five goals, four assists, and there is a feeling that football has returned to his body this season - fluid, joyful - after a mixed campaign last time round.

Variety magazine called it "contagiously joyful" while the Financial Times said it "lacked sparkle".