You ever hear a track and instantly suppose, “Oh yeah, this one’s about to be in every single place?” That’s precisely how I felt the primary time I heard “Neglect About You”, the newest single from American Idol alums Ajii and Wé Ani. It’s moody, it’s vibey, and it’s received that excellent mixture of heartbreak and swagger that makes for a really unforgettable breakup anthem.
Ajii, who wowed audiences on Idol Season 22 along with his genre-blending performances, groups up with Wé Ani, who made waves in Season 21 (and The Voice earlier than that). Collectively, they’ve created one thing particular—a monitor that’s catchy, emotional, and stuffed with replay worth.
First issues first, let’s discuss concerning the manufacturing. This track knocks. Producer Alex Poeppel offers us a slick, fashionable beat infused with what Ajii described as a Jersey membership power, which makes it inconceivable to sit down nonetheless whereas listening. The pulsing rhythm and layered melodies make it a kind of tracks that really feel contemporary but additionally timeless—you may hear it enjoying in a dimly lit membership, in a automotive at night time, or by means of your AirPods whereas staring dramatically out the window.
And let’s not ignore the hook. Someday I, I’ll neglect about you… It’s easy, it’s hypnotic, and it’s going to be caught in your head for days. There’s one thing concerning the repetition that feels nearly therapeutic, like chanting it sufficient occasions will truly make the heartbreak fade away. (Spoiler: It gained’t, but it surely will make you are feeling cooler whereas coping with it.)
Ajii’s verse is available in clean however heavy, setting the tone for the emotional push and pull of the track. His traces—
“I don’t wanna discuss with no one
And stroll with no one
They received nothing on you…”
—hit deep as a result of we’ve all been there. That post-breakup stage the place everybody else simply feels meh compared to the one particular person you may’t shake? Yeah, that.
Then Wé Ani is available in and utterly adjustments the power. If Ajii’s verse is sulking in heartbreak, Wé’s is straight-up calling it out.
“As I recall, I used to be your Barbie doll
Confirmed me off and all
Blood and all…”
Whew. She snaps on this verse. You possibly can really feel the frustration, the exhaustion, the I’m-so-over-this-but-also-maybe-not. Her supply is sharp and exact, including a fiery distinction to Ajii’s smoothness. It’s the sort of back-and-forth dynamic that makes you are feeling such as you’re eavesdropping on a real-life dialog between two exes who nonetheless have slightly an excessive amount of to say.
After which, simply if you suppose the track has mentioned all the things it must, that third verse brings each voices collectively in essentially the most obsessive, poisonous, and trustworthy method attainable:
“Want you once I’m on that rum
You recognize I’m one for one
I would like you dangerous like a lung
Child I don’t breathe for enjoyable…”
It’s messy, it’s dramatic, and it’s actual.
It wouldn’t be shocking if this track blows up on TikTok the identical method different Idol alums like Francisco Martin have leveraged the app-based platform to succeed in huge audiences. It’s the proper mixture of earworm melodies and relatable feelings that make songs stick in immediately’s streaming-heavy world.
Ajii and Wé Ani are proving that you just don’t must win American Idol to win within the music business. Their voices are dynamic, their chemistry is plain, and Neglect About You is strictly the sort of monitor that may catapult them to the subsequent stage.
So if you happen to haven’t listened but—what are you ready for? Flip it up, sing alongside, and if you happen to’ve received an ex lingering in your head, properly… this would possibly simply be the track that lastly helps you neglect about them.
Mindy McCall
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