The moment the jaunty guitar kicks in on John Smyths’ new single, "Now I'm Wiser", you feel a familiar, comfortable warmth. It’s the sound of a good chair in a bar where the floor is sticky with spilled truths. And then the story starts, a classic yarn of a hard-living past yielding to a peaceful present. Smyths, a Dutch ex-metalhead singing country out of...

Hong Kong Singer-Songwriter Reanne Crafts an Intimate Pop Gem "this body” That Celebrates the Evolution of Body Image. These days, self-love songs sound like warmed leftovers. But Reanne's new single, "this body," is actually something completely different. It is not here to teach or fix the flaws in your life; it is here to sit with you in them. The track is a lesson in subtlety,...