Khalid nonetheless stays to be one of many largest R&B/pop stars of this technology. Though it looks like you do not hear his title as a lot as you might need within the late 2010’s, he hasn’t gone anyplace. He nonetheless pulls elite numbers on streaming providers and radio play even with no new album since 2021. Nevertheless, the El Paso, Texas native shall be following up Scenic Drive (The Tape) very quickly. Actually, the LP drought will finish on August 2 when he comes via with Honest, his third studio tape. Up to now, the “Younger Dumb & Broke” singer has put out two singles for it, “Please Do not Fall In Love With Me” and “Adore U”. However Khalid is coming again for thirds with “Floor”.
Total, this monitor finds the veteran hitmaker at his most introspective, as he particulars a previous psychedelic journey. In keeping with Uproxx, Khalid shared an announcement of “Floor”, in addition to the story behind it. “Years in the past, via moments of uncertainty, I actually started to query what my objective was as an artist”, he started. “I began my very own private journey via psychedelics in 2021 and I’ll always remember the second this track got here to my thoughts. Identical to the random mountain I climbed in Arizona, life is an uphill battle. As lovely as the highest could seem, I’m so completely satisfied to embrace the bottom that I stroll on”.
If you learn the lyrics on the floor, it appears like one other relationship minimize. However with this clarification in thoughts, you begin to choose up on how intelligent the writing really is. He’s singing about himself to himself throughout the monitor’s 3:07 runtime. Total, it’s a lovely track from Khalid and it actually evokes a way of self-belief and by no means giving up on the highway to prosperity. With track’s like this, Honest appears to be a top-flight document for him.
“Floor”- Khalid
Cotton-candy-colored skies even put a smile on my damaged muse
Somethin’ ’bout the sundown pleases me and brings out the perfect in you
I might stare at you all evenin’, meltin’ into the mountainside
Now I am focusin’ on my breathin’, wonderin’ how I received so excessive
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