EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
EARMILK EARMILK
EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Hip-Hop
  • Music Videos
  • R&B

Dre'es Speaks his Mind on new single and Visuals, "Pure Sugar" [Music Video]

  • August 27, 2022
  • Nathan Whittle-Olivieri
Total
0
Shares
0
0

Wilmington, California's rapper and songwriter, Dre'es has returned with a breezy, coastal new summer single, "Pure Sugar." Having been consistent since 2014's debut offering, the Work In Progress mixtape.

This track really shows that artistic maturity he's accrued as Dre'es finds a new sonic vehicle, both in the vocal delivery and instrumental approach. On one hand, the single is an easily accessible summer anthem, but still has the substance to reward repeat listens.

The single plays out like a ride or die anthem. pledging allegiance through the highs and the lows. "Pure Sugar" leads in with a bouncy, audio snippet and looping drum hits co-engineered by producers Pontiac and Ocean Rogue. The high energy instrumental cradles a calm but focused vocal performance.

The lyrical content tells a story of quiet confidence and tenacity in lines like, "Tell em about the highlights. Win or lose I'm on your side" and "Pure sugar, deserve it because you're pure." Dre'es spoke on where he was mentally coming in to this track in sharing, "Pure Sugar,’ lyrically and thematically, is rooted from insecurity but delivered with the greatest intention in an almost like musical peace treaty with a former lover.

Naturally providing reassurance and desperately seeking reassurance despite the current state of a relationship on top of a static, blade-like, heavy-winded reverse synth cutting through an even heavier 808 drum. A rap verse delivered like a sermon digging into personal nostalgia in storytelling that an audience can’t help to feel, but only two people could really know.”

The track comes with visuals crafted by director, Luis Vidal that showcase the process behind Dre’es and his upcoming project, collaborating with his friends and frequent collaborators Lecx Stacy, Rasheed, Pontiac, Nikola, and Moises. The video comes with these sort of vignette-like ideas coming via subtitles as the video plays out giving further insight into this thought. Mirroring this duality expressed above, the visuals have a vintage filter used to portray current actions invested for a future project. This timeless quality of loss, acceptance, and moving forward loop in and out of the concept of this record again in this way. 

 

Connect with Dre'es: Instagram | Twitter | Youtube | Spotify | SoundCloud | Apple Music

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • California
  • Dre'es
  • hip hop
  • Luis Vidal. Rasheed
  • Moises
  • Nikola
  • OceanRogue
  • Pontiac
  • Pure Sugar
  • R&B
  • Wilmington
  • Work In Progress
Nathan Whittle-Olivieri

Charleston-based husband, chef, cat father, and Chelsea fan. I like growing peppers, watching scary movies, and finding new music

Previous Article
  • Indie
  • Pop

KiKi Holli won't "Play To Lose" in new single

  • August 27, 2022
  • Victoria Polsely
View Article
Next Article
  • Country
  • Indie
  • Pop

Country meets catharsis in Sage Castleberry’s new single “Last Goodbye”

  • August 27, 2022
  • Jessica Hart
View Article
You May Also Like
View Article
  • New Music
  • R&B
  • Soul
  • Uncategorized

Aiyana-Lee’s “Highest to Lowest” shines on Spike Lee’s new soundtrack

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Electronic
  • Hip-Hop
  • New Music

"Backflip": A chill groove from Jacuzzi Jefferson & Paper Fairy

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Afrobeats
  • Alternative R&B
  • Mainstage
  • New Music

Osé blends Afrobeat and alt R&B in new single “24HRS”

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Alternative R&B
  • New Music
  • Soul

Max Pope drops soul-tinged single “right or wrong” showcasing his retro alt R&B sound

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Alt-Pop
  • Indie
  • Music Videos
  • Pop

Avery Cochrane shares shimmery alt pop banger “Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night" [Video]

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Dance
  • Electronic
  • Music Videos
  • Pop

Evalyn's "Playstation" is dark pop electronic bliss [Video]

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Alternative Rock
  • Indie
  • New Music
  • Rap
  • Rap Rock

Humble Francis heat up your playlist with genre-bending track “Pyro”

  • August 8, 2025
View Article
  • Rap

Dax unspools a journey of pain, growth, and healing on "Man I Used to Be"

  • August 8, 2025
Popular Music
  • The Trusted shares a towering anthem of truth in “Yellowhammer” [Premiere]
    • August 9, 2025
  • 555n
    555n and NAVA explore displacement and identity in mesmerizing new single “Diaspora”
    • August 9, 2025
  • "Backflip": A chill groove from Jacuzzi Jefferson & Paper Fairy
    • August 8, 2025
  • Osé blends Afrobeat and alt R&B in new single “24HRS”
    • August 8, 2025
  • Max Pope drops soul-tinged single “right or wrong” showcasing his retro alt R&B sound
    • August 8, 2025
Recent Scoops
  • Jay Tone is carving out his space with "Puzzles"
    • July 7, 2025
  • Matt Oakley is redefining country music with heart, soul and modernity
    • May 5, 2025
  • Texas’ Blacktop Mojo does rock music the way it should be done
    • April 29, 2025
  • Tha Rapper Haiti blends authentic style with musical passion
    • April 28, 2025
Community Voices
  • From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton
    • July 14, 2022
  • Tyler the creator
    4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour
    • March 31, 2022
  • 4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022
    • January 27, 2022
  • The TikTok Takeover of Hip-Hop
    • January 11, 2022

EARMILK EARMILK
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
All Milk. No Duds.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.