Marie Chain and "Holy Water" come at a time when the lines between styles of music are becoming less natural. For more than ten years, the Berlin-based artist has been making what she calls "Global Soul," and her newest song shows why that term is so perfect. The track's origin story reads like something from a travel journal. Chain conceived the melody during a summer hike...

Some endings arrive without the noise people expect from heartbreak. They come instead as a room left too neat, a cup washed before leaving, a name saved on a phone that suddenly feels heavier than the device itself. In that private territory, where affection remains but love has changed its address, G-String places "Breathe In Your Dust." The single does not treat separation as theatre. It...