https://youtu.be/4apn2_h2vPY Artist: KwaMe Truuth feat. Fay Papabi Video Title: Hold Me Down Record Label: Better Recognize Director: Owusu Mensah

Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...