Jonas Blue - Girl

Jonas Blue has been one of those names you either write off as too pop or genuinely enjoy without worrying about what that says about you. “Girl” leans harder into the house side than a lot of his recent output, and landing on Defected was the right call for a track like this. The groove is clean from the jump, the chord progression does exactly what you want it to, and the vocal is warm without being saccharine. It’s not a complicated track and it’s not trying to be — sometimes the most useful thing a song can do is work without demanding anything from you. This isn’t Jonas Blue reinventing himself; it’s Jonas Blue being very competent at a thing he’s clearly good at. Defected energy through and through. The kind of track that plays at a rooftop bar and everyone wonders what it is for about thirty seconds before getting back to their drink. I’m fine with that.