Denitia Odigie is stepping out on her own. The New York singer was once half of Denitia and Sene, a brooding R&B duo with Brian Marc. But on her first solo song, “Waiting,” Denitia makes explicit that she’s at a crossroads, wandering towards a new sound and maybe something more. “Looking for a reason, looking for a change,” she sings optimistically on the hook, her voice sweeping upwards on that last word. Denitia isn’t the type to get lost in the bustle of a beat, but the business of “Waiting” does threaten to overpower her with its surges of crackling synths, percussive twinkles, and, eventually, a rapturous sax solo. The overall effect is upbeat—the key is major, the pace propellant—and Denitia sounds like she’s been feeling around for this type of contentment. The familiarity of a line like “we’re all just waiting, we’re all the same” might scan as banal in other hands, but Denitia’s conviction is real. She sounds, almost and finally, happy.