Hot Jam of the Day: Jae Stephens, “24k”

Jae Stephens
“24k”
Digital Single
Fuck one of the best debuts of the year. The LA-based newcomer just dropped one of the best songs of the year out of thin air. Featuring inch-perfect production from Jam City, Stephens weaves a devastating slow jam that captures the growth of a relationship from anxious first fling to a fully realized adult thing. Her vocals are transfixing — seductive, yet powerful — and Jam City’s unexpected choices (see: the dissonant guitar chord at the beginning of the hook, the chopped “dun-dun-dun” in the final chorus) are consistently sublime. At this point, there’s not much info about Stephens going around, but I’ll definitely be on the look-out.