Lo Artiz leans heavy into her neo-soul sound on “the last of us.” The nuanced accents on the beat give it a different feel than a lot of music in the realm of R&B these days in that they’re solid and anchor the song into a strong groove. The singer’s voice is playful and sultry in delivering words about ways many of us cope with this sense of impending doom that seems to hang over the world for anyone actually paying attention and sensitive to the forces that much of the power centers of our civilization have been able to ignore because wealth has shielded them from the worst consequences but now it’s just inescapable. So who can blame people for taking not the healthiest choices in offsetting the ambient despair through self-medication, not always the most ideal sexual experiences but something to take our minds off how real things have been and the various ways we plug ourselves into the lives of others whether they’re people we know or celebrities who may or may not deserve our attention. Lo Artiz pokes fun at these impulses in the song while acknowledging sometimes we humans don’t always know a better way of dealing with life unvarnished and without filters. Listen to “the last of us” on Spotify and follow Lo Artiz at the links below. Look out for her sophomore album out September 2023.
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