Since her 2020 debut, with every new launch, Alana Sukul has raised the bar, permitting her newest single, Mhm Yeah? to set a brand new customary for Afropop transcendence.
The best way she explores the intersections between dancehall and RnB with pure soul in Mhm Yeah? ensures there’s nothing left to be desired. As your rhythmic pulses are ensnared, you’ll be all of the extra prone to the heat permeating the observe and the way the candour pours like a waterfall from her vocals and lyrics alike.
There’s one thing effortlessly pretence-less about Sukul, and it’s a uncommon feat to seek out that emotive vulnerability paired with a cultured and stylised manufacturing. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than she reigns supreme within the UK dancehall scene: she’s received the sound, and the standing will undoubtedly comply with.
Sukul’s strategy is rooted in her British Caribbean heritage, combining delicate lyricism with heady, infectious hooks. A lot of her tracks are recorded and blended in her London bed room, which explains the intimate authenticity that resonates by means of her music.
Even at this early stage in her profession, she has earned help from Superb Radio, Hoxton Radio, Vibe 107.6, Mixtape Insanity, CloudKid, Acid Stag, Noctis Journal, and CULTR. Her newest single wholeheartedly confirms how and why a lot hype is amassing round her.
Stream Mhm Yeah? On Spotify now.
Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast