Music Single Review: "Insecure" By Roy Woods

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"But the instant one decides to check out from listening to this track, the beat drops, and as they say, it made all the difference. "

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Single from album “Insecure”

Released: May 6, 2022

Length: 3:41

Genre: R&B Soul

Written by: Roy Woods

Produced by: Roy Woods, Ovo Sounds

Never write off a track by listening only to the first few seconds. Roy Woods' "Insecure" has a hackneyed introduction: the audience has heard these guitar progressions and the whining, over-auto-toned vocals before. But the instant one decides to check out from listening to this track, the beat drops, and as they say, it made all the difference. "Insecure" is about women, but the artist took the audiences' expectations -- "oh! We've heard this love song before" -- and used it as bait to reel in its listeners.

A second longer with the introduction and the track would have lost many ears, and maybe a second shorter would have lost the feel. This is a bold track after the introduction -- one with continuous unexpected surprises: from the quality of the production to the energy and versatility of the vocalist to the flexible instrumental. There's nothing wrong with how this track rides and makes the audience want to ride with it. With its introduction alone, the song would have been Blah! But as a whole, ah! Ain't a piece of BLAZIN' meat!

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Bolivar T. Caceres is a Bronx-based artist and writer. His poems appear on ShortEdition and Ariel Chart. He is also the author of the chapbook Outside My Garret Window, published in 2020. He currently writes for the quarterly film blog Film Studies 401 and the news blog New York Positivity. Connect with him on social media @BolivarTCaceres and at www.BtcArt.co.

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