Alvin Dudley’s new single, Separate, wastes no time establishing a cinematically melancholic tone from the first throbbing beat within the disillusion-slick intro before the trap beat arrives beneath his harmonised bars, which keep one foot in the trap arena and the other firmly in RnB territory.
The way the melodies ebb, flow, and swell around his charged-with-emotive-artillery vocals as he lays it all on the line sweeps you into the centre of a heartbreak vignette. When the vibrato in his voice is introduced, prepare for the emotional weight to bear down, as he plaintively reflects on how the past became the present and obliterated a shared future.
Released by Soulstorm Music, Separate digs deep into the regret of being at fault and the sorrow of a relationship on the brink. Written at a time when the Chicago-based artist felt lost and directionless, it resonates with anyone who has yearned for the unreachable.
Alvin Dudley has been turning heads since his debut in 2019 by blending emotion with immersive sounds, and Separate stands as the epitome of sonic raw emotion. With this single and a forthcoming EP, he’s set to prove why he has every chance of becoming one of the biggest R&B hip-hop innovators in 2025.
Separate dropped on December 19th; stream the single on all major platforms, including SoundCloud, Spotify and Apple Music.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
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