Artist Close-Up: Fousheé Has A Time Machine, Come Join!
On the heels of the moody R&B that has enraptured us this 2020, thanks to the likes of SZA, Jhene Aiko, and Summer Walker, Fousheé arises like a diamond stiletto. I have long followed her sound; understanding that she was someone unique. She has taken the smooth, chill vibes of these latter ladies and made it her own in new project: Time Machine.
Instantly, you feel warped by Fousheé’s vocal lulls and annotations. There is a Frank Ocean dreaminess to Fousheé’s style that makes me want to text Jesus in gratefulness. Seriously! When you have impactful artists like, SZA and Frank Ocean, who do not release often, you can’t help but search for their akin. Fousheé aligns with a new wave of R&B that does not mind singing bowls and introspection. Her songs are moving artworks that go beyond time and space so that self-reflection can be born. It is as if she sees her lyrics like a pendulum swinging over rhythms to find what points of time, in her life, did she feel either disconnected or completely absorbed by her surroundings. The odd thing is that her music feels pretty light for being low-key existential.
So many lyrics, these days, approach existentialism with causality rather than casually. I could have a life crisis in the middle of buying Boba Tea, and then stroll on down a block to buy a pretty scarf and feel better again. Everyday our lives can be a ying and yang experience by noon, and Fousheé paints that truth like a movie; with her songs being scenes from a day in the life. Frankly, I loved it. I can imagine being in a crowd singing her songs, and feeling her emanate a real experience many are undergoing as we exist in the pandemic: looking at the past to see how we refresh the future.
