"Tell Me!!!" is a steamy slab of modern R&B-meets-hip-hop that sounds custom-designed for late-night drives and whispered conversations. The song is also the fourth single from "It Starts With Us," the new album from Exp. Share Records arose from one of the label's 2025 writing camps in the sunny South of France. That feeling of warmth and closeness permeates every blow.
Leading the production, SAMSON oozes a minimalist, Neptune-esque polish that encapsulates you in a soft, velvety world of gentle synths, smooth percussion, and a bassline that thuds through your chest. It's a production that doesn't punch you in the face so much as lure the listener in closer, its groove doing some quiet magic. Laid over that luxurious bed of sound is where the collaboration packs heat. Monét slides in with a voice both effortlessly sultry and teetering toward lovely, and a touch of temptation, as GINGE supplies a soulful spark to up the emotional pull. The interplay of melody and mood here is heady. JAY MALAKHI, the rapper from Kent who has an ear for reinvention. His bars snap with wit and swagger, dragging UK rap into fresh fields. His flow, moving back and forth audaciously on the beat and with the wordplay, reinforces your sense of why he's set to be one of the UK's most thrilling voices.
"Tell Me!!!" is the sound of artists who aren't afraid to refuse to be put in a corner, cursing at the boundaries, and it's hot, it's cool, and it's unapologetically addictive. All thanks to its earworm hook and infectious performances, "Tell Me!!!" shows that sometimes the question itself can be just as thrilling as the answer.
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