Kayan
Apple Music Sessions: Kayan
Album · Pop · 2024
Kayan—aka Ambika Nayak—is among those rare artists who sounds at home in any genre. Unsurprisingly, she’s equally adept at changing up her hits to suit different styles. That skill is on full display in her three-song Apple Music Sessions offering. She funks up garage track “52”, turns break-up bop “stop calling me” into a summer-ready beach anthem and gives one of her all-time favourite tunes—TLC’s R&B/pop classic “No Scrubs”, which she describes as “an iconic song that shaped my life”—a jungle-meets-drum ’n’ bass treatment. The results are both electric and eclectic.