In DatYunginG5’s new single “Suffocate,” he moves beyond the desperation to reveal the chilling cycle of love that won’t release its grip. All over a darkened blend of moody pop and synthy flashbacks, “Suffocate” reads like a rough draft at 2 a.m., too honest to stow away, too raw to ignore. Crafted with razor-sharp precision by Austin Weller, the song fuses spacey production with cutting lyricism. The beat shimmers like a dream but strikes like a memory you’ve tried to bury.

There’s a quiet tension between the down-beat melodies and low-key rap flow, reflecting the emotional tussle that underlines the song. “Suffocate” is a song about the love we can’t shake once it’s grown old and stale when a toxic presence keeps seeping into our lives, reopening scars we thought were healed. DatYunginG5 cuts right to that unsettling feeling with surgical emotional precision and pointedly reminds us that sometimes, it’s not the love you miss; it’s the chaos you grew accustomed to. The story he’s telling is every bit as gripping as his delivery. Each line hits hard, awash in regrets and reflection yet remaining defiantly open. He is not merely singing about being wounded he’s allowing you to feel it with him.

If you’re in the midst of your heartbreak or still licking your emotional wounds, then “Suffocate” deserves a place on your playlist. It’s the sound of every message you never sent, every memory you attempted to erase, and every breath you found impossible to take when love started to suffocate you. On “Suffocate,” however, DatYunginG5 makes it clear he cannot be seen as an artist, but a storyteller, and his story cuts clean. This is the most beautifully written emotional unraveling, in which pain sounds almost poetic.

There’s something mesmerizing about a meltdown with a style that can make chaos feel like clarity and in Rayhan’s new single, “1f (one flew),” it all reaches its breaking point. A genre-blurring track produced by Charlie Weare, Rayhan’s “1f (one flew)” is a raw, self-aware firecracker of emotion and noise that merges the fog of shoegaze, the bite of indie rock, and the witty punchlines of alternative hip hop. This would be the soundtrack to spiraling. With the line, “Everyone gets tired of me / But I get tired of myself too,” Rayhan comes out swinging.

It’s a bit of brutally honest, sometimes sardonic, fully human dialogue. The track plays like a 3 a.m. journal entry shredded through a distortion pedal and blaring through blown speakers. “1f (one flew)” is a cleansing shifting between emotional confession and revolution. Rayhan can hold contradictions in his hands, exhaustion and exhilaration, control and chaos, sadness and swagger. The Charlie Weare production punches hard but without overpowering Rayhan’s voice. It’s sloppy in the most purposeful sense, with thick layers of fuzz and a vocal delivery that sounds like a sneer and a scream all at once.

Everything feels frayed around the edges and also deeply considered. It is music that reflects the mind of someone coming apart but doing so beautifully. With this track released in anticipation of Rayhan’s album release, “uDOPE,” we can tell he’s not here to play it safe. “1f (one flew)” is a warning shot, a wild opening, maybe even a last gasp before something big comes. For those who laugh while falling apart, and for people who draw strength for in their imperfection, Rayhan you just gave your tribe an song.