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Teddy Swims
- Record Label: Warner Records
- Release Date: Jan 24, 2025
- Summary: The second full-length release from Atlanta singer-songwriter Teddy Swims features guest appearances by GIVĒON, GloRilla, Coco Jones, and Muni Long.
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- Record Label: Warner Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jan 31, 2025The great songs here are stellar. The best are the R&B-leaning tracks: “Your Kind of Crazy” is a beautiful soul swoon that recalls Silk Sonic; “Black & White” (featuring Muni Long) is a sleek slice of Philly Soul; and best of all, his duet with Giveon, “Are You Even Real,” is one of the most sumptuous R&B songs we’ve heard in ages, with a gorgeous, indelible “Are YOU-oo-oo” chorus.
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Jan 24, 2025The swiftly released follow-up staves off a bad case of sequelitis because it successfully deepens Swims’ story.
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Jan 31, 2025Part 2 feels more corporate, with its genre-hopping, playlist-pleasing songs and much gusty whimpering about how great his girlfriend is. Still, Funeral, Bad Dreams, Hammer to the Heart and Not Your Man are as good as this brand of pop gets.
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Jan 24, 2025He’s clearly a pop scholar, and he shines most brightly when he’s in settings that suggest jukebox hits of yore, like the melted-mirrorball slow-dance “Your Kind of Crazy,” or unplugged sessions where he can get intimate with his listeners, like the intricate “If You Ever Change Your Mind” and the luminous “She Loves the Rain.”
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Feb 6, 2025His second full-length studio album, it's a more optimistic and energized experience than the first, cranking up the accessible pop sheen on his utterly soulful, powerhouse anthems.
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Jan 24, 2025This sequel to 2023’s Part 1 (home to US chart-topper Lose Control) continues to churn out immaculately crafted Motown and Stax pastiches, with Funeral and the mellower Your Kind of Crazy built on warm piano trills, loping drums and stacked backing vocals.