“US singer-songwriter Kehlani doesn’t believe in emotional half measures. On 2020’s lockdown soundtrack, It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, unhealthy relationships were laid bare over atmospheric R&B, while its folksy follow-up, Blue Water Road, fell headfirst into love. Crash dives deep again emotionally, but adds a more playful musical framework to songs that flit between horny bedroom soundtracks (the”
“These days, our main pop girls work in feedback loops. They live in, respond to and build on the lore that surrounds them — no questions, please! Meanwhile, Kehlani Parrish is out here L-I-V-I-N life and writing banger after banger about their experiences in vivid — and often explicit — detail. Never has that been more true than on their fourth solo album, Crash. The Oakland, CA singer's most son”
“On their lusty new album, the L.A. singer and songwriter leapfrogs across trap-inflected R&B, countryfied ballads, and bassy pop confections.”
