Lorraine Bautista – Frontline (2022)
Lorraine Bautista helped us work through the pain of heartbreak and find comfort in the memories of past relationships in ‘Had It All’. Now, she is bringing some laidback vibes with beats you can easily cruise to in ‘Frontline’. While you relax into the easy vibes of the music, the single looks at inner strength and perseverance.
The soulful touch of her music helps the message of the single gloss over your skin before sinking into your soul. Her second release, this track continues some of the emotions first touched on in her debut, while expanding her musical horizons. Produced by SOSDynamikz and Gary Jones, who also mixed and mastered the single, the track will sweep through you. If her mixture of contemporary RnB and soul didn’t have you hooked in her debut, the dulcet tones of this track are sure to.
‘Frontline’ grabs your attention with the sound of birds and the rush of water. The instrumentation rises from the surf for a contemporary RnB movement. The jitter of the beat shivers along your spine, while the beats have a neon late-night feeling to them. As the single progresses, there is a vibration to the sound that shakes up your senses. It is a rich melody that makes you want to shimmy and sway to the rhythm. With some serious laidback vibes, the music has you relaxing into the soundscape while moving through the lyrics. There is no way that you can listen to this single and not feel the urge to sink back into the vibes.
Against the chilled vibes of the melody, Bautista’s vocals are smooth and packed with RnB goodness. Her voice is so smooth that you can feel it slide against your skin like satin. The lyrics touch on relationships, but there is a deeper feeling to them as they draw you into a contemplation of deeper emotions. Through the vocals, you can feel the building of inner strength and resilience in the face of naysayers. Her voice picks up some of the chilled vibes of the melody, but turns them into something truly powerful. At times there is an echo to the vocals that enhances the entire performance. It is a very addictive movement that you can’t seem to get enough of and you may find that you are playing this single again and again.
Lorraine Bautista has you sinking into the rich yet chilled vibes of ‘Frontline’, while touching on inner-strength, relationships and perseverance. The melody has a jittering tone that rides the deep neon beats. Bautista’s vocals are smooth and rich as she slides her performance over your skin and draws you further into the vibes of the track.
Find out more about Lorraine Bautista on her Instagram and Spotify.
