OHYUNG – You Are Always On My Mind

The first single from OHYUNG’s third album You Are Always on My Mind came as a surprise: »no good« had very little to do with the gentle ambient excursions of 2022’s »imagine naked!« and everything with the pop-on-a-beat style spearheaded by Mica Levi and Tirzah. OHYUNG does it differently, paying dues to both hip and trip-hop, weird electronic music, and occasionally the dancefloor—all topped off by the generous-yet-efficient use of string samples here and there. This album, described by the artist as »my trans self and my former self in conversation, from both perspectives« is full of musical and emotional contrasts, uplifting in one second and absolutely crushing in the next.