Former NFL soccer participant turned R&B singer LARRENWONG has launched his new undertaking, 4th & Lengthy.
The six-track EP is his game-winning play to disrupt the R&B discipline. Look no additional than “Out the Body,” which is worthy of being positioned on his spotlight reel.
Right here, LARRENWONG confidently croons about scoring a landing between the sheets. “I’ma have you ever singing one thing like / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Girl, woman, woman, woman, woman,” he guarantees.
“Out the Body” could also be made for the bed room, but it surely additionally provides a nod to legends like D’Angelo and Usher with its lyrical references. Halfway via the monitor, he spells out his identify the identical means Usher does on 1997’s “Good & Sluggish.”
The EP’s focal monitor, “7 Days,” flips Craig David‘s 2000 basic of the identical title.
“‘7 Days’ is my trendy tackle Craig David’s UK R&B basic. I reimagined the lyrics and manufacturing to offer it a contemporary, up to date really feel whereas protecting the essence of the unique,” LARRENWONG solely tells Rated R&B. “It’s a mix of nostalgia and new power, bridging the previous and current of R&B.”
Relating to his new undertaking, he explains to Rated R&B, “The inspiration behind 4th & Lengthy comes from my life in soccer. Within the recreation, 4th & Lengthy is without doubt one of the most high-stakes conditions—the place every little thing is on the road. I see a direct parallel in my life and music profession proper now.”
He provides, “This undertaking represents that pivotal second, the place I’m bringing the identical imaginative and prescient, self-discipline, and grind from the soccer discipline into R&B.”
4th & Lengthy follows the Bay Space native’s 2023 EP, Greenroom, which was reissued in 2024 with a deluxe version. Earlier than that, he launched his Songs That I Hate to Sing EP in 2022 and his debut EP, It’ll Make Sense Quickly, in 2021.
In different information, LARRENWONG just lately co-starred in rising R&B singer Zyah Belle’s “1-800 Heartbreak” video.
Stream LARRENWONG’s 4th & Lengthy EP beneath.