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Kaytraminé “Ugh Ugh”

The keyboard drones in “Ugh Ugh” sound like the summer to me, but not necessarily the aspects of summer people usually romanticize in pop music. This feels less “fun in the sun” and more like the zapped, lazy feeling of walking around in oppressive heat and dense humidity. Kaytranada’s track is laid back to the point of feeling lethargic, which pushes Aminé to make his vocal performance as dynamic as possible to keep the music moving. He sounds like a guy who thrives in this sort of weather but can’t understand why everyone else can’t keep up, frequently dipping into a lightly condescending tone through the song as he makes it clear he believes that the scope of his ambitions are far greater than most anyone else’s. Even when he’s borrowing a lot from Lil Wayne’s cadence and vocal tone he sounds fully embodied and totally casual in his confidence.

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