"Truth Or Dare" finds Koy Pond emerging from the darkness, shining a light on their innermost feelings for all to see, and it's like waking up to find an iPhone in your bed and listening to the salacious secret messages. Here we find ourselves across the restless, ranging "Truth Or Dare," an improvisational R&B Trapscape that creeps gradually outward like scenery on a screen.
This is the second single from Koy Pond's debut EP, "Push," and it's an indication of what they're about. Confidence reigns throughout the honeyed vocal delivery, which contrasts neatly with bubbling, pulsing production that constantly keeps you on edge. Every verse oozes openness and self-awareness, just enough bravado to cover up the real confusion under it all. It is this tug-of-war of emotions that makes "Truth Or Dare" seem relatable and addictive. Koy Pond explores that gray area between merely hanging out and actually making progress. This is not the tidy love song clarity, and this certainly is not the clean separation of a one-night stand.
The production serves as a perfect accompaniment to it. There are elements of Trap in the mix, working as a pulsing underbelly to keep things tense, with softer Alternative R&B layers smoothing over them resulting in a track that is equally thrilling. "Truth Or Dare," Koy Pond continues to establish themselves as an artist who is unabashedly raw and emotionally honest while crafting sonically brilliant compositions. It could be the sound of wandering across a campus under silvered streetlights to nowhere in particular and chasing clarity only to encounter temptation.
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