Brent Faiyaz, WY@ | Track Review 🎵

R&B singer/songwriter Brent Faiyaz follows up his duet, “Moment of Your Life” with “WY@,” an single that shines more after a couple listens.

“Ibe doing shit I really shouldn’t do for real / That’s why I always tell you come through for real,” 🎙 Brent Faiyaz (Christopher Brent Wood) asserts in the chorus of single, 🎵 “WY@”. “WY@” follows a terrific single by Faiyaz, 🎵 “Moment of Your Life”, where he duetted with the lovely, talented, 🎙 Coco Jones. Solo this round, on this three-and-a-half minute number, Brent has plenty of assistance, writing alongside producers 🎼 ✍ 🎛 Dpat (David Patino), Otxhello (Othello Houston), Berg (Bailey Goldberg), Anthoine Walters, and Johnathan “Freeze” Wells.  All in all, the results are positive.

“WY@” sports a moody backdrop from the onset that is a bit unsettled, initially. Faiyaz begins singing the chorus, which makes more musical sense later in the track.  Following the opening chorus there is a spoken word interlude, performed in Spanish.  This interlude is sensual, even if you don’t understand the language, though a bit unexpected. Early on, “WY@” is a bit odd to be honest, but it gains stability beginning with the first verse sung by Faiyaz:

“Even I know you ain’t no good for me

But you feel so good to me

Every time I come back, I try to leave

So how you end up back with me?”

Following the verse, the chorus ‘lands’ more, particularly accentuated by soulful backing vocals. By the arrival of the second verse, things click more (“You’re the death of me and the remedy / I be doing too much”). After a bit of an off-putting start, the virtues of 🎵 “WY@” reveal themselves. Where Faiyaz’s previous single, 🎵 “Moment of Your Life” shined from an initial listen, “WY@” requires an additional listen to wrap your head around it… It’s definitely stronger the second time you hear it.

🎙 Brent Faiyaz • 🎵 “WY@” • 🏷 ISO Supremacy / UnitedMasters LLC • 🗓 9.19.23

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