Clare Easdown’s new single, "Lipstick On My Restraints," doesn't arrive so much as it materializes, spitting glitter and venom in the face of polite society. This is the sound of a patient hijacking the asylum’s PA system, a furious and fiercely glamorous reclamation of a narrative. It’s a track that feels less written and more clawed into existence, forged in the friction between imposed...

An unanswered message does not turn a friendship into a romance. Yet some people treat a friendly reply as a reason to keep pushing. Californian pop-R&B writer Deja Renee puts that problem at the centre of Obsession. Instead of treating persistence as proof of devotion, the single makes room for annoyance and playful confidence. Her answer matters because he keeps treating friendship as a promise of...