Wrash Heed – Cry (2022)
Dating someone famous or in the entertainment industry is something that many people assume would be glamorous, without thinking about what these people really go through. This is where Wrash Heed comes in with his single ‘Cry’, which infuses Afrobeats into RnB. The single considers what women who date popular people and entertainers go through and the stresses that come with managing fame.
A rather sad single, the music and vocals reach into your chest to squeeze your heart and fill you with a touch of heartbreak. As the single brings the sad emotions to life, the lyrics offer a different perspective on something we don’t often think about. If you are in the mood for a smooth single that hits you with heartfelt emotions, this is definitely the one for you.
The easy opening of ‘Cry’ slowly leads you to Wrash Heed’s vocals and the more RnB flows of the melody. There is a shuffling beat that gets your shoulders moving to their rhythm while higher tones bring bursts of colour. You can feel the Afrobeat woven into the smoother RnB flows slide into your senses. The backing melodics have the feeling of horns bursting with warmth, adding a great texture to the track. It is a rather dynamic melody movement that keeps you swaying to it from start to finish. There is a slight rise on the chorus that infuses even more heated energy into the track before twirling you around in the addictive beats. There are quite a few melodic lines that meander through the soundscape before coming together for a wonderfully moving movement.
While the music has you swaying and shimmying to the sound, the vocals have an interesting fusion delivery. There are smooth slides of RnB wrapped in more world tones that bring a unique edge to the sound. Through all of this, the lyrics are a sad consideration of the pressures of being with someone who is in the limelight. There is a feeling of being overwhelmed mixed with the feeling that you are never seeing the real person you care for. It is a rather heartbreaking single that wonderfully contrasts the pain of the lyrics with the warmth of the melody. This contrast perfectly highlights the emotions of the topic.
Using a fantastic mixture of RnB and Afrobeats, Wrash Heed has you swaying into feelings of heartache and distance in ‘Cry’. The melody has a warmth that comes from the combination of styles that is wonderful to sink into, but also perfectly contrasts the sadness of the vocals. His vocal performance has a heated wash that dips into pain and the feeling of distance in a relationship.
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