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Cuco “Caution”

Most of Cuco’s vocal parts in “Caution” are very sing-song in that very ambiguous genre-agnostic Gen Z way where there’s some familiar elements of rap, R&B, indie rock, and latin pop but it’s not really any of those things. Those parts of the song express exactly the sort of sentiments you’d expect of this sort of thing – he’s neurotic about a relationship and battling his issues, and just trying to play it cool. The song would be very good if it just stuck to this part, but then it goes sublime with this gorgeous wordless harmonized vocal refrain that’s punctuated by blunt rhythmic utterances of “hold up” and “stop.” That last bit adds a bit of friction but doesn’t really get in the way of the raw beauty of that vocal part, which brings a blissful grace to a song that would otherwise be lost in an angsty spiral.

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