Slay Raché’s ‘Coldest Place On Earth’ is an R&B-infused dance pop gut punch about the bed that used to burn and the man who let it go cold
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Lana Crow’s ‘In Spirit’ moves from raw acoustic ballads to retro disco-pop and somehow makes the whole journey feel like coming home.
Kezia Povey’s ‘The Sound’ is the dark electro pop reckoning for every woman who handed a man access he had no business having.
Desperately Seeking Suki’s ‘Suki’ gets love right. Lush synth, spoken word delivery, and a hook that is going to live in your head for days.
There’s a guy I’ve been seeing who picks up on the first ring every single time. Doesn’t matter what time…
4ra 4ra’s ‘CHROMEsoME’ sells the chrome glow-up hard, then fractures it. Cyber-phonk that sounds like a body running too damn hot.
Maralin’s ‘Savior’ maps the war between your doubt voice and confidence voice and turns it into the most vulnerable dream pop you’ll hear.
In Asmi Aderay’s ‘I’m That Woman,’ she’s the woman in the room he didn’t know he was missing. The confidence track that knows its worth.
Ashley Lovette’s ‘Complicit’ is the reckoning most breakup songs are too scared to write. Self-aware, sharp and genuinely unsettling.
Anna Michael’s ‘Get Nasty’ is revenge liberation done right. She caught him cheating and went out anyway. We’re obsessed.
SOPHIE SHREDZ’s ‘Distortionist’ is total domination disguised as an offer, and Sophie owns you before the first verse is done.
CERULEAN SAPPHIRE’s ‘Not Shy’ is dark, hypnotic electropop about dancing for yourself until someone’s eyes find you and everything cracks.
Lexi Nguyen’s ‘One in a Million’ is a disco-soaked R&B flex about knowing your worth before anyone else figures it out.
Nina von Seen’s ‘Cigarette’ makes you want to be someone’s obsession. A witch, a revolution, and the most seductive single of the year.
If you have ever made a man lose his entire game just by existing, Nicknames’s ‘Too Bad’ was written specifically about you.
Rozsa’s ‘Almost Purple’ is so accurate about obsession it’s almost inconvenient. The synesthetic color logic and harp over 808s seal it.
She asks if you feel it like she does. Our review of KEKA’s ‘Feel It Like I Do’ and why that question is the whole song.
Andi Brielle’s debut ‘Imagine’ is dreamy, emotionally precise indie soul that has no business being this sophisticated.
Ana Sky’s ‘Blvd Dreams’ is a cinematic, slow-burning dark pop track about the seductive con this city runs on everyone who shows up with stars in their eyes.
A.C. DeMoss delivers something raw and atmospheric on Venture Palace’s ‘Closer,’ a song about wanting something until you don’t.