Ciara
“Dance Like We’re Making Love”
Jackie (out 05.04 on Epic)
The second single from CiCi’s long-awaited sixth LP does what it says on the tin. Joining a rich lineage of tracks about late-night, back-corner-of-the-club dry humping (see: “Love in this Club,” “Too Close,” every Jodeci song ever), “Dance Like We’re Making Love” is a surprisingly restrained slow-burner at the perfect BPM for drunkenly rubbing your jeans against someone else’s. The Atlanta native’s vocals are the star of the show, glacial and decisive, flowing to fill the ample negative space left by veteran producer Dr. Luke. Frankly, I’m not convinced this will hit like “Body Party” — as it seems intended to — but it’s a solid follow-up to the excellent, “I Bet,” and it certainly doesn’t make me any less excited to hear the rest of Jackie.
