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“YOUNG DUMB & BROKE”<br />
AMERICAN TEEN BY KHALID<br />
THIS SONG DESCRIBES ADOLESCENCE PERFECTLY. AS IT IS<br />
WRITTEN BY A TEENAGER, “YOUNG DUMB & BROKE” DETAILS<br />
THE FEELINGS THAT YOU EXPERIENCE AND THE THOUGHTS THAT<br />
YOU HAVE WHILE DISCOVERING WHO YOU ARE. FROM LOVE TO<br />
FREEDOM, KHALID DISCUSSES A VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT MANY<br />
WILL FIND THEMSELVES PONDERING WHILE TRYING TO FIND<br />
THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD. “YOUNG DUMB & BROKE” DOCU-<br />
MENTS THE EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP, CAPTURING THE EMO-<br />
TIONS, UPS AND DOWNS, AND<br />
JOURNEY OF A TEENAGER.<br />
NOA LEVAVI<br />
SEAN YE<br />
“JAPANESE DENIM” BY DANIEL CAESAR<br />
“JAPANESE DENIM” IS THE KIND OF SONG YOU WILL WANT<br />
TO PLAY ON REPEAT. THE SOFT INSTRUMENTAL BACKING<br />
CREATES A VERY RELAXED, NOSTALGIC, AND ALMOST MEL-<br />
ANCHOLIC VIBE, WHILE ALSO BEING SUBTLE ENOUGH TO<br />
LEAVE THE VOCALS AS THE FOCUS OF THE SONG. THIS AL-<br />
LOWS LISTENERS TO FOCUS ON EMOTIONAL, INSIGHTFUL<br />
LYRICS THAT CAN INSPIRE CONVERSATION AND INTROSPEC-<br />
TION. THIS IS THE PERFECT SONG TO PLAY WHEN YOU ARE<br />
ENJOYING SOME DOWNTIME WITH FRIENDS, OR JUST WHEN<br />
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO HELP YOU UNWIND.<br />
“CAROLINA” HARRY STYLES BY HARRY STYLES<br />
“CAROLINA” IS REMINISCENT OF THE 60S, WITH SOME<br />
EVEN SAYING THAT THEY CAN HEAR HEAVY INFLUENCE<br />
FROM THE BEATLES. WITH ITS GROOVY VIBE, UPBEAT IN-<br />
STRUMENTALS, AND ROMANTIC EDGE, THIS SONG SOUNDS<br />
LIKE IT COULD’VE BEEN PLAYED IN GREASE. IT IS PER-<br />
FECT FOR ROAD TRIPS, VACATIONS, AND SUMMER NIGHTS.<br />
“BIG<br />
FISH”<br />
BIG FISH THEO-<br />
RY BY VINCE STAPLES<br />
WHILE THE MOST PROMINENT RAP SCENES OF 2017 ARE IN<br />
ATLANTA AND NEW YORK, VINCE STAPLES PUTS LONG BEACH,<br />
CALIFORNIA, BACK ON THE MAP. IN A HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AL-<br />
BUM, “BIG FISH” FINDS A BALANCE BETWEEN QUIRKINESS AND<br />
CATCHINESS THAT ANY AVERAGE LISTENER CAN ENJOY. LYRI-<br />
CALLY, VINCE RECOGNIZES THAT THIS TRACK IS “ANOTHER STO-<br />
RY ’BOUT A YOUNG BLACK MAN/TRYNA MAKE HIS WAY OUT THE<br />
JAM,” BUT IT IS HARD TO IGNORE THE TECHNICAL VERSATILITY<br />
OF VINCE’S RHYMES, LITTERED WITH SMOOTH TRANSITIONS AND<br />
ENJAMBMENT. ANOTHER REFRESHING ADDITION IS VINCE’S STRANGELY MESMERIZING ACCENT,<br />
WHICH SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES THE LAIDBACK TEXTURE OF PAST LONG BEACH LEGENDS SUCH<br />
AS SNOOP DOGG. OVERALL, “BIG FISH” IS A TRACK BURSTING WITH GROOVE AND PERSONALITY.
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