ryscu - BOYS

ryscu dropped “BOYS” on Proximity and it’s been living in my head in a weird way — not just the hook, the whole mood of the track. The production has that hyper-polished Proximity sound you recognize immediately, but there’s something slightly off-kilter about the arrangement that stops it from becoming pure background music. It builds slower than you’d expect from a Proximity drop, which is actually a compliment — most tracks on that channel sprint straight to the payoff, this one actually earns it first. When the drop arrives it’s genuinely satisfying rather than just loud. ryscu is clearly not trying to make the same track everyone else is making right now, and that’s immediately obvious from the first thirty seconds. The vocal chops throughout are used sparingly enough that they don’t overstay their welcome, which is harder to pull off than it sounds. This one’s worth the full runtime — don’t skip.