She gives off an air of seriousness and composure when singing, but her performance belies the depth of feeling she channels. A new song by the French singer and songwriter Naya, named "Vaguémo," has been released recently. The song is about melancholy and being on one's alone. She has a distinctive style—dream pop—and a voice like velvet, so smooth and alluring it captivates as she expertly...

There is a specific kind of magic that happens when an artist decides to stop overthinking and starts feeling. For Joshua Pearlstein, that moment of clarity arrived in the form of a sleepless night and a single, urgent creative impulse. His latest single, “Wanna Dance”, is the result of that urgency, a track that feels less like a calculated career move and more like a...