#8 - piri & Tommy Villiers - "soft spot"
PinkPantheress has been the main bedroom pop’n’bass artist on everyone’s minds these last few months, but there’s another song worth your attention: piri and Tommy Villiers’ heavenly June drop “soft spot.” It’s a glimmering ode to an unnamed lover that pairs twinkly, coy vocals with breezy breaks.
I can’t tell you how many evenings I found myself listening to this song, walking home from work through packed Manhattan streets, watching the skyscape shimmer while riding the J train over the bridge, strolling along the dusky East River waterfront, perched on my balcony gazing at the cars and people walking dogs drifting past below. It’s one of those “Main Character” songs: the perfect wallpaper for anything, it can transform an ordinary day, a demanding task, a tedious errand into something romantic and full-feeling.
(Also lol: there are over 125,000 TikToks using this song as the audio, and the most popular one is a “satisfying ideal carpet and flooring” video with 15 million views.)
Check out piri:
Check out Tommy Villiers:
https://soundcloud.com/tommyvilliers
The list:
#20 - aya - "what if i should fall asleep and slipp under" and "Emley lights us moor"
#19 - rrodney - Jersey club remix of Trippie Redd ft. Playboi Carti’s “Miss the Rage”
#18 - aghast - “thas wut i do” (prod. lungskull & wavebird)
#17 - Yves Tumor - “Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them”
#16 - kaystrueno - “PRETTY B!TCHES NEVA DIE”
#15 - kurtains - “spawn”
#14 - Ecco2k - “PXE”
#13 - vertigoaway ft. schizoscriptures - “Break This The Breaking Point 2”
#12 - Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - “family ties”
#11 - Summrs - “put out fye” + “Blood Always Thicker” (prod. Goyxrd)