R&B MUSIC
Dylan Hato’s debut single “Alone” introduces a Netherlands-based artist with a sound that refuses to sit neatly in one category. Built from indie R&B and indie pop elements, the track moves with a laidback confidence, blending different influences…
PS Joey’s “Choosing Me” is built like a room being reclaimed after someone else’s disorder has finally been cleared from it. The independent R&B and pop artist, songwriter, and producer shapes the single around a soulful contemporary…
Jena’s “battleground” introduces the USA-based artist with a quiet kind of strength. Rooted in neo-soul and indie R&B, the single moves through self-reflection, uncertainty, and the difficult work of letting go. Rather than treating struggle as something that must always…
YTK’s “D’lulu” leans into the strange logic of love, where obsession can start to feel reasonable if the groove is smooth enough. The American contemporary R&B artist builds the single around a laidback mood, but the emotional idea underneath it is more unstable: the madness that attraction…
wst cmplx’s “MOVING FORWARD” unfolds like a well-lit room designed for motion, reflection, and collective breath. The Los Angeles-based collective builds the single from nu jazz and jazz foundations, yet the record never feels sealed inside tradition. Instead…
Gracie Ella’s “I.D.T.Y.L.M” moves with the kind of quiet confidence that does not need to announce its sophistication. The Canadian artist builds the single inside a slow-paced indie R&B frame, but the performance reaches beyond genre tags. Known for blending soul, jazz, and…
Alyssa Reid’s new single “Honey Butter” arrives with a title that already suggests texture: smooth, golden, and built for instant sensory recall. Released on July 3, 2026, the track marks the Canadian pop artist’s latest release following recent singles including “Don’t Sing This Song,” “UP,” and “seven,” continuing a fresh run of music…
Marques Hale’s “Dreams” lands with the calm confidence of an artist building something personal and lasting. The USA-based contemporary R&B singer, born and raised in Delmar, Delaware, uses the single to frame ambition not as a lonely climb, but as something…
Neon has a way of making desire look both dangerous and beautiful, especially when the city is half-asleep and every feeling arrives with a little extra voltage. QUIETLOVE’s single “High” moves through that atmosphere with glossy confidence, giving the Canadian artist a sleek alternative R&B canvas where laidback soul meets late-night…
Keith Robinson’s “Up” enters with a measured confidence, shaping contemporary R&B into something sleek, warm, and physically aware without losing its emotional contour. The renown American artist, actor, and singer returns to music with a single that treats…
S!MONE’s “Champagne” arrives with the ease of a late-night exhale, placing the American artist inside a contemporary R&B frame that feels polished, intimate, and emotionally awake. Known for a wider creative background across Broadway, television, and film, S!MONE brings a natural sense of performance…
Afta Hill’s latest single “MOST WANTED” moves like a black car through wet city streets, all low glow, heavy drums, and bad decisions dressed up as romance. The Iranian-Canadian artist and producer builds the single around temptation with teeth, taking contemporary R&B into a darker, more cinematic lane. This is not soft-focus heartbreak…
Chlöe Bailey has never lacked vocal power, but “Resurrection” feels designed to answer a different question: what happens when one of R&B’s most theatrical young performers locks in with one of the genre’s most influential architects? Her new collaborative mixtape with Timbaland arrived as part of the June 19 New Music Friday…
Jessie Reyez has never sounded like an artist interested in emotional neatness. Her best songs arrive bruised, sharp, funny, wounded, defiant, and uncomfortably honest, often turning heartbreak into something closer to testimony than confession. With A Little Vengeance, the Canadian singer-songwriter…
Syd is finally stepping back into album mode, and the return feels deliberately intimate. The singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and co-founder of The Internet has announced her third solo album, Beard, arriving July 17, 2026 via Free Lunch/Warner Records. The project marks her first full-length release since 2022’s Broken Hearts Club, making…
Aubryanna returns with “Safe,” a laidback alternative R&B single that turns vulnerability into the center of the room. The USA-based artist, rooted between South Jersey and Philadelphia, has been building her identity around honesty and connection, and this release sharpens that direction with impressive control. After the self-acceptance…
Producer and songwriter Henry Aberson links up with Cortez Johnson and Derran Day on new single “Don’t Wait Too Long,” a contemporary R&B cut that treats restraint as the main instrument. The track sits on soulful, jazzy guitar figures and a groovy bassline…
GIVĒON has returned to the bruised elegance of BELOVED with BELOVED: ACT II, released today, May 15, 2026, as an expanded edition of his 2025 album. The new version stretches the project to 19 songs and nearly an hour in length, adding five fresh records to the emotional architecture of the original album. What makes the release…
Luke Brown comes back swinging softly on “Reflection,” a first solo drop in five years (released April 24, 2026) that doesn’t beg for attention—it earns it. The pocket is the whole point: a soulful, groovy bassline doing the heavy lifting, Rhodes keys glazing…
A long-distance love is basically Wi-Fi for the heart: the bars look good until the signal starts acting up. That’s the tension Elle Murphy bottles on “Time Zone,” a laidback Alternative R&B cut that still moves with purpose, and the first flag planted…
Matt Storm’s “words don’t describe” arrives with the calm confidence of an artist who knows silence can be part of the arrangement. Landing somewhere between Alternative R&B and indie pop, the single borrows a 90’s-leaning psych-rock…
Kiki Rowe’s “Fool” lands with the kind of smooth confidence that doesn’t need to raise its voice to be heard. The Mississauga native has been building a reputation as a true double threat—equally comfortable shaping a song from the writing…
Bor Luos turns a deeply personal idea into something warmly universal on “PARADOX,” a single that balances laidback charm with genuine emotional weight. Blending alternative pop and indie R&B, the track moves with an easy, feel-good…
Mista-Ree, J.O.Y., and Cherry Blaster come together on “Blue Avenue Pt. II” with the kind of chemistry that makes a groove feel instantly lived-in. Framed by alternative funk and disco-R&B, the track leans into movement without sacrificing polish…
Some songs do not rush to be noticed; they settle into the air with the quiet assurance of something exquisitely made. HENRY ABERSON’s “Call” carries precisely that kind of presence, unfolding as a laid-back alternative R&B offering with an elegance…
There is a certain kind of song 6LACK has always made better than most of his peers: the sort that does not need to shout to leave a bruise. His new single “Bird Flu”, released in March 2026, slips into that space with remarkable ease…
Emily Rose Burnett leans into quiet self-possession on “thank u,” a smooth R&B single that turns reflection into something elegant and easy to sit with. Framed by velvety chords, soft riffs, hypnotic bass lines, and laidback drums, the track carries…
Music Collective Waveendz steps into a softer register with “iCare,” a late-night R&B single that pairs Producer and Singer-Songwriter Guff Lavander and vocalist Lorlyn Sage in a mood built on warmth rather than spectacle. The record moves with quiet confidence, letting…
Guff Lavander (From Waveendz Collective) and Lorlyn Sage give “Tired To Be Hurt (Sage Version)” a renewed sense of emotional motion, reshaping the original into a single that feels both wounded and quietly liberating. Rooted in contemporary R&B…
Myles Lloyd returns with One Sided, a laidback Indie R&B and Contemporary R&B single that turns emotional imbalance into something smooth, rhythmic, and instantly readable. The Canadian artist approaches the subject with clarity rather than melodrama, framing the song around that difficult moment…