Jae Stephens doesn’t sing straightforward love songs. On her first single, last June’s mellow-pop “24K,”​ she saw the boy across from her as “a risk I have to take;” on “Every Time”​ she obsessed with a “no good” kid: “not thinking straight, but I won’t complain.”
Now, after working with producers like Bruno Major, Jam City, and Jonah Christian, the 20-year-old LA resident is ready to break out. “Headlights” is another slow-burning R&B track, building up from distant, percussive synths, relaxing into a soft-trap chorus. But despite its “boy, come my way” refrain, it’s still got an eye fixed on the void: a car controlled by a seemingly suicidal driver, blocked blessings, “sunlight in the dust.”
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