The track highlights the cultured, effortless appeal of the artist.
Last year, Ninali released ‘Tokyo’, her first single in 12 years, and is looking to continue to signal her comeback with another stellar release. With her effortlessly cool melding of styles like pop, jazz and R&B, the artist is wasting no time restablishing her modern, unique style and signature cocktail of sounds with the release of her aptly-titled new single ‘Smooth’.
The track captures everything that feels exciting and fresh about the artist, from the slick, smoothness of the instrumental and atmosphere to the engaging way that her vocals push through the track and keep things ticking. ‘Smooth’ is a head-bopping, laid-back track that has this effortless, feelgood quality to it, radiating positive energy and a cultured, nuanced appeal. Ninali’s comeback highlights an artist that feels more focused and ready than ever, and it feel like these releases could just be scratching the surface of the potential that the artist has.