When R&B-pop wunderkind Khalid tweeted in October that his next work “was no longer an EP, it’s way more special to me,” the heartfelt 23-year-old vocalist-songwriter set a high for…
in October that his next work “was no longer an EP, it’s way more special to me,” the heartfelt 23-year-old vocalist-songwriter set a high for what would become his first “– don’t call it a mixtape! – “Scenic View.” Dropped Friday morning, “Scenic View” is a pulsating, minor marvel of economical soul-hop that satisfies all that Khalid fanatics have come to crave — that high dozy warble, those out-of-the-blue hooks — while pushing his new-found exigency into the future.
While his albums were nearly devoid of guest features, Khalid more than made up for them with between-album tracks such as “Love Lies” with Normani, “Lovely” with Billie Eilish, “This Way” with H.E.R.,and “Eastside” with Benny Blanco and Halsey. Along with fashioning streaming hits, these cuts expanded his sonic breadth beyond lo-fi synth-hop and his emotional dimensions beyond low-level anxiety.
The same is true of the album’s best cut, “Backseat.” Everything on this tempered, musky track is a lover’s query: Do you want to smoke Sativa or Indica? Do you want the window open or closed? “You don’t gotta ask me / Already know what I will provide / No, I won’t steer you wrong.” While being aware of his significant other’s needs, Khalid is even mindful of his manner of romancing sing-speak, when he notices, “All these run-on sentences, tell me what the difference is.
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