Jorja Smith – “Falling Or Flying”

All year, Jorja Smith has been building toward the release of Falling Or Flying, her first full-length album in five years. Today, about a month out from the record’s release, Smith has shared its tracklist and a self-directed video for the title track. “Falling Or Flying” is as pleasingly genre-defiant as many of Smith’s recent singles. DAMEDAME*’s production incorporates elements of funk, rock, and ’80s pop, with guitars galore and a crashing live-band low end. The hook is tremendous, too: “I don’t know where you are, but I don’t wanna go to sleep babe,” she sings, her voice arching upward in a fit of passion. “I know you care, but please, don’t take it easy on me, babe.”