“MISS YOU” by Chloe Lilac ft. Kota the Friend belongs on the radio. It is one of seven fantastic songs on Lilac’s new album titled “DOUCHEBAG”, released in late 2020.
The song is very well-written. This alternative bop’s vocals & melodies blend elements of pop and r&b, which is becoming an increasingly popular sound to achieve. It adds another genre, with a flowy rap segment by Kota the Friend. This rap segment in the bridge of the song adds to its radio-friendly and on-trend sound. The collaboration between these two artists was very well-executed, nicely blending unexpected genres in the middle of this alternative album like a music smoothie. The amounts of each genre vary in each song on the RCA Records album, making for a cohesive album with many diverse sounds that all work together, like so many delicious pieces of fruit in a creative concoction. It’s a really good album to listen to in one sitting because of how all the songs work together, and its relatively short length (21 minutes) makes it easy to do so.
I’ve seen “genre-bending” many times in the world of underground and mainstream music, but the genre-blending on Chloe Lilac’s new album “DOUCHEBAG” is what really excites me.
Written by Lola Works
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