Filipino-Black pop star Taylor Heavenly has released her new single, "Clown," along with a stunning music video. The song starts off like the first scene of a movie, with big production and a sense of drama that draws people in. From the first note, the music has a cinematic aspect as the strings swell, the beats hit with purpose, and every sound detail combines to create...

Violet Love has offered up an EP titled "Destined to Fail," and it arrives less like a prediction and more like a pre-existing condition, a medical chart for a soul that’s been diagnosed with itself. The DIY recording quality doesn’t feel lo-fi for aesthetics; it feels necessary, like these songs could only have been born in a sealed-off room where the air was getting...