The main hook of “Location” is pure millennial mumble: “Send me your location,” he asks, like a person who’s more comfortable asking for a crush’s Instagram username than their actual phone number. While Khalid’s sound resides in the middle of R&B nostalgia and future house, his lyric sheet can only come from a writer from the present. Others crank it up a notch, some ride a smoother groove, but the moody summer wind of “Location” breezes by American Teen no matter the tempo. Khalid crafts one sticky slow jam by removing all but that unwinding synth from the spine of recent Eurohouse-flavored R&B jams. The most successful out of the batch, and one of his best so far, is “Location,” a bashful cry for a text back. He doesn’t change his formula much despite the formalities for American Teen, but it turns out for the better.Ī few of his early SoundCloud singles make their way on to American Teen. Naturally, the online platform is responsible for where he’s at, going from a few likes to a major-label backing in span of a year. The rising artist’s music fits what a lot of musicians of his generation are doing these days: recording a piece of mind unfiltered onto form of music, and then upload it almost immediately on SoundCloud. Release Date: MaTrue to the title of his debut album, American Teen, Khalid is an 18-year-old singing about 18-year-old feelings.
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