Hey Music Mag - Issue 3 - December 2018

Fatima
And Yet It’s All Love (Eglo)
UK-based Swede Fatima kept fans waiting
four years for a follow-up to her stunning
debut album Yellow Memories, but And Yet
It’s All Love was well worth the wait. Where
that debut housed the singer’s caramel tones
in avant-garde broken beats, jazz fusion,
hip-hop and soul, this one allows her voice to take centre stage amongst slightly more paired
back production.
It’s a mature and complex record full of a wider range of more adventurous songs but still
retains the catchiness and undeniably seductive sense of soul that makes her a modern
great. Songs are stirring and involving, from the swaggering and proud Westside to the
pained Somebody Else with its more languid delivery and rueful feel.
Always conveying painfully real emotion, Fatima’s voice goes from minor to major with ease,
and can sound playful and cheeky one moment then devastatingly somber the next. That
range is what makes this such a compelling album. Fresh yet timeless and always intriguing,
it’s her best album yet and one of the best of the year. Kristan J Caryl, News Editor
NAO
Saturn (Little Tokyo Recordings/
RCA Records)
British
singersongwriter
NAO comes
good with
her
sophomore
LP Saturn.
The East
Londoner flawlessly navigates
a galactic journey of love, loss
and personal growth. The most
traditionally R&B track on the
album is also the standout; Make
It Out Alive, featuring SiR, details
the breakdown of a long-term
relationship in a beautifully soulful
fashion. The album is consistently
atmospheric and NAO’s signature
vocals flow effortlessly through
pop, electronic and R&B sounds.
Daniella Millership,
Marketing Exec, Hey Music
Bebe Rexha
Expectations
(Warner Bros.)
American artist
Bebe Rexha’s debut
resonates with tales
of love, heartache
and rage – raw
emotions that any
young adult can
relate to. The title
represents our
expectations of the
world and the tracks
dissect how these
expectations are
broken and what
those experiences do to a person.
Rexha flexes her adventurous nature, flirting
with different genres and collaborating with
rapper Quavo, R&B artist Tory Lanez and
country’s Florida Georgia Line, but it’s her
infectious pop sensibilities that win out. Knees
stands out with its tale of a toxic relationship and
the dark, edgy energy of I’m A Mess gets me
rolling every time. Shahtaj Shahid, Marketing
Intern, Hey Music
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