This single. This single. Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and producer Omar has dropped "Better Be Lucky," and, well, I'm wrestling with a sonic octopus here. It's electric pop, sure, but it feels like pop that’s been put through a taffy puller of conflicting emotions. Did I just think about taffy? Why? Moving on. https://open.spotify.com/album/4qPGja59tO2IVMi2V2J79p?si=k7evvjeMSzKSkyfPV0m9AA The central theme – that brain-scrambling push-pull of a toxic relationship fueled by...

Jonathan Shapiro is a talented poet and freestyle artist, and he has already established a name for himself in the rap world despite being just 20 years old. After beginning his career in music at the tender age of 13, he is now juggling his love for music with his schooling at a local university. Shapiro has built a distinctive sound resonating well with audiences, and...