Showcasing a blissful blend of jazz and R&B, “OBVIOUS” is a memorable single from HollyBear, who wrote and produced the track entirely from her Tarzana, Los Angeles home setup. The single blends smooth jazz and R&B textures with fourteen layers of vocal harmonies, transforming personal experiences of infidelity into a confident, self-aware anthem of empowerment.

HollyBear’s sound consumes immediately, initially strutting a late-night arsenal of suave bass, mellow keys, and intoxicating vocal charisma. The verses shift from blindsided victim to sharply empowered realizations, exposing a history of serial infidelity with biting wit and total emotional detachment. “You played your game and I called that shit / Now you’re the one who should take a hint,” HollyBear’s vocals push into a magnetic sequence, complemented by heartfelt strings and a soulfully affecting admission in the chorus: “When I look at you / It’s not the same.”

Glistening keys, dashes of strings, and steady rhythms bolster a “pretty obvious” realization in the bridges, that infidelity is apparent. “I’ve known that there’s someone else,” the vocals enamor. “Don’t you think that it’s obvious?” they further into proclamations of not being sorry, declaring thereafter: “That’s why I got someone else.” A sophisticated pop sound with themes of self-power and perseverance following infidelity, “OBVIOUS” is a standout soul-pop success from HollyBear.

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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

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