There is a peculiar friction to the digital textures of Skylarka and her new album, "Somnorine". It’s supposed to be chiptune-influenced synthwave, but listening to it feels less like browsing the internet and more like chewing on aluminum foil while watching Blade Runner on a CRT monitor that’s slowly degaussing. It’s a sensory contradiction bright, crystalline pop hooks wrestling with the deep, existential dread...

The world desperately needed more excellent, beautiful songs like these; therefore, their arrival here couldn't have come at a better moment. To what do you attribute our success? The music video for the song "Love Maria" was created by Crazy Loop, and it is intended to make you feel as good as the song does. The song aspires to become the next anthem of popular culture,...