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Press Play At Home: Omar Apollo Lays Down Emotional Version Of "Useless"

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For the latest episode of Press Play At Home, DIY soul wunderkind Omar Apollo gets vulnerable and taps the upper reaches of his falsetto
Morgan Enos
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Jan 28, 2021 - 12:58 pm

For the latest episode of GRAMMY.com's Press Play At Home series, Latinx singer/songwriter Omar Apollo performs a pared-back version of "Useless," a cut from his renowned 2020 album, Apolonio. Apollo, Michael Gordon, Oscar Santander and Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. wrote the track. In the video, Santander strums along on acoustic guitar, driving home this spare, vulnerable performance.

Omar Apollo Performs Emotional "Useless"

Press Play At Home: I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME Social Distance From Toxicity In "Leave Me Alone"

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Press Play At Home: Ryland James Stretches Beyond His Years With Soulful Performance Of “Water”

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For the latest episode of Press Play At Home, mop-haired Canadian singer Ryland James belts out a soul-fried version of his track “Water”
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
Feb 5, 2021 - 3:07 pm

For the latest episode of GRAMMY.com's Press Play At Home series, the Ontario-born singer/songwriter Ryland James belts out a soul-fried version of his track “Water,” from his 2020 self-titled debut EP. Written by Lauren Christy, Jon Levine and James himself, the soul-baring track reflects the classic soul, gospel and R&B his grandmother impressed upon him.

Press Play At Home: Omar Apollo Lays Down Emotional Version Of "Useless"

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Press Play At Home: Watch Dodie Perform A Morning-After Version Of "Four Tequilas Down"

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, singer/songwriter dodie conjures a bleary last call in a hushed performance of "Four Tequilas Down"
Morgan Enos
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Jun 24, 2021 - 8:38 am

"Four Tequilas Down" is as much a song as it is a memory—a half-remembered one. "Did you make your eyes blur?/So that in the dark, I'd look like her?" dodie, the song's writer and performer, asks. To almost anyone who's engaged in a buzzed rebound, that detail alone should elicit a wince of recognition.

Such is dodie's beyond-her-years mastery of her craft: Over a simple, spare chord progression, she can use an economy of words to twist the knife. "So just hold me like you mean it," dodie sings at the song's end. "We'll pretend because we need it."

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, watch dodie stretch her songwriting muscles while conjuring a chemically altered Saturday night—and the Sunday morning full of regrets, too.

Watch Dodie Perform A Bleary "Four Tequilas Down"

Check out dodie's hushed-yet-intense performance of "Four Tequilas Down" above and click here to enjoy more episodes of Press Play At Home.

Press Play At Home: Watch Yola Perform A Rock-Solid Rendition Of "Stand For Myself"

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Press Play At Home: Ashe Finds Universality In The Small Things In "Me Without You" Performance

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, Ashe performs a pindrop version of “Me With You,” her ballad about taking stock of her surroundings and moving on after a breakup
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
May 6, 2021 - 9:57 am

Call it the John Prine approach: Make the verses tangible and specific and the chorus universal. Singer/songwriter Ashe begins her song “Me Without You” with everyday images: red velvet wallpaper, cigarette smoke, a passenger’s seat.

But something is amiss. The smoke is breathed by other lovers. The car drives into a wall. When the chorus picks up, it’s not hopeless or helpless at such developments. “I can be me without you/I don't feel lost without you,” Ashe sings, flipping the song’s theme from self-pity to self-actualization.

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, watch Ashe perform an intimate version of “Me Without You,” alone at an electric piano, letting her poetic words bloom on their own merits.

Watch the pindrop performance above and click here to enjoy more episodes of GRAMMY.com’s Press Play At Home.

Press Play At Home: Lydia Luce Calls For Romantic Armistice In Performance Of "Tangled Love"

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Press Play At Home: Francisca Valenzuela Performs Her Courageous Feminist Paean "La Fortaleza"

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The outspoken Chilean singer/songwriter Francisca Valenzuela sings of womanhood and will to power
Morgan Enos
GRAMMYs
Feb 25, 2021 - 10:30 am

For Francisca Valenzuela, feminism isn't a radical notion, but a self-evident truth. The daughter of two renowned Chilean scientists, she's published muscular, experiential poetry (like her 2000 book, Defenseless Waters, which she published in her early teens) and founded Ruidosa, a festival, platform and community that elevates female voices.

Watch Francisca Valenzuela Perform "La Fortaleza"

In this episode of Press Play At Home, Valenzuela sings "La Fortaleza," which contains her worldview in microcosm. "Everything that has happened has led me to today," she sings in Spanish. "I look ahead to the horizon and I bury the guilt and leave/I pack a suitcase, take a deep breath and don't look back/Setting sun, rising sun will accompany me."

Check out Francisca Valenzuela's riveting performance of "La Fortaleza" above, and watch other episodes of Press Play At Home.

Press Play At Home: Bliss Out To Jazzmeia Horn's "Where We Are"

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