Nobody Forced Your Hand

L-Vis 1990 featuring Brook Bailli “Caught Up”

L-Vis 1990 is typically more of a garage/funky club producer, but on this track his aesthetic has shifted into a quasi-‘90s R&B space to great effect. “Caught Up” has a smooth, casual groove built around synth chords that cycle between a highly filtered loop and airy tones on the chorus. Brook Bailli manages to sound both frustrated and sweet in her vocal as she tries to work out whether or not she wants to hold on to a relationship, and basically lays out her terms for what she’d accept from her partner if they want to stay with her. There’s a lot of confidence and maturity in the song, but the pragmatism can’t hide the wounded feelings that carry through in her voice and in the general tone of the song. You really get the sense she’d rather do anything but try to be practical about this.

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