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Every now and then I check in on Vayda’s SoundCloud page, where she’s been cranking out these lush hybrids of ASMR R&B and airy rap for a minute now. Sometimes they can be so abstract that they’re hard to grasp, but her recent double EP VV is her most complete music yet. For the most part, the project feels like being lost in a thick fog. I might point to “metempsychosis” as a current favorite because of how her light, spaced-out vocals melt into the self-produced haze. And like most of her songs, it’s not much longer than a minute, and when it ends it’s like being snapped out of hypnosis.
With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace, it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily post to highlight the song you need to hear.
Check out previous Ones, and listen to new rap from Vayda and more on our Spotify playlist.
