Kelela Burns It All Down

If this is Kelela’s first idea, then I’m never letting anyone read my drafts again. This track is a far cry from the ambient dance music of her last record Raven, but you won’t hear any objections on my end — I actually think I ascended when the electric guitar came in.

Katseye week continues. The beat will hit so incredibly hard when the group makes their Coachella debut in the desert this weekend, and the random Socrates quote genuinely made me belly-laugh.

Missy Elliott was the perfect feature for a song so indebted to the nostalgically forward-thinking R&B and hip-hop she helped popularize in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s.

The campaign to get Laufey to perform the next Bond theme starts now.

When the party clears out, who will be by your side: The person who captivated you on the dance floor, or the one who loves you no matter what?

All signs point to this being a lullaby — the tender vocal delivery, the gentle lyrics, the soft strumming — but it’s not a lullaby you’d sing to a child. Instead, this song reads like a message from a married Maya Hawke to the unmarried version of herself.

The swell of the orchestra combined with the hypnotic dynamism of Lu’s voice might put you in a trance if you’re not careful (complimentary).

I don’t know what I love more: The emotionally raw lyrics, or the beautifully shot music video.

Since this is a song about shutting up, I’ll let the music do the talking — the beat switch in the second verse speaks for itself.

Teeming with swagger and confidence, Benzi glides over the stank-face-inducing beat with an ease not unlike Pippen’s glory days on the court. She’s one of NYLON’s rising artists to watch for a reason.

NYC is in desperate need of a sunny, 65-degree weekend so I can spend a full 12 hours listening to this dreamy, head-in-the-clouds-esque song on repeat.