wake me up - Haawa (R&B) Haawa delivers a slinky R&B record with the bass driven “wake me up”, a follow-up to her debut single “Recalibrate”, which was featured on Apple Music’s After Hours playist. Beginning with a soulful guitar, the song is quickly dominated by an all consuming, rumbling bass, on top of which the lilting soprano of Haawa floats. The contrast puts Hawaa directly into your ears, intimate and close, as the NY-based singer slips her lyrics into the subconscious. The track gives us the feeling of a Jazmine Sullivan number, powerful and hypnotic, with some synth moments reminding us of some early 2000s Timbaland productions. With a track like this, we think we could be dealing with 2024’s version of Tweet.
Best Lyric: “Did you think you owned me?”