Chilled R'n'B Songs

Back in 2020 when we were all going through stressful times, I wrote a post called Chillout Music, featuring music that helps me relax. And in 2021 I did a follow-up post called More Chillout Songs. You can see them at the links below:

Chillout Music: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/chillout-music.html

More Chillout Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/06/more-chillout-songs.html

Since the world continues to be quite stressful in various aspects, I thought that today I'd share some more songs with chilled vibes, mainly  in the R'n'B genre specifically. They're also a good fit for this time of year, as we get towards the end of summer. (If it's late winter where you are, I hope you also enjoy them!) :)

Pia Mia- Songs from My Side

Guam born, LA based singer Pia Mia released her EP My Side in 2021. I shared some songs from it in this post, along with some songs from American singer JoJo's EP trying not to think about it: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/10/new-music-releases-pia-mia-and-jojo.html

Alina Baraz- Songs from Sunbeam

Pretty much anything by American singer Alina Baraz fits this vibe! Here is a post featuring songs from her 2021 EP Sunbeam: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/10/new-alina-baraz-ep.html

Sinead Harnett- Let Go 

Let Go is one of my favourite songs by British singer Sinead Harnett. It was a Weekly Music Video in February last year (released in January): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/weekly-music-video_23.html

Janine- If I Call 

New Zealand singer Janine's most recent single is If I Call. It's a chilled song with melancholy vibes. It was a Weekly Music Video in March:

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/03/weekly-music-video.html

Adanna Duru- Write On Me

Also in March, I featured Write On Me by American singer Adanna Duru in a New Music Releases post. Visit the post to see the video (scroll down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/03/new-music-releases.html

Or watch it directly here: https://youtu.be/aPtx5a_8Y90

Coco Jones- Double Back

Double Back by American singer Coco Jones was a Weekly Music Video in May: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/05/weekly-music-video_24.html

Denise Julia- Butterflies + bum 2 me 

These two songs by Filipina singer Denise Julia really fit the theme.

Butterflies came out in February: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/03/weekly-music-video_29.html

And bum 2 me (my current favourite song) came out in April, although I discovered it more recently: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/07/weekly-music-video_26.html

Gen Neo- Called it Love 

A lot of Singaporean singer Gen Neo's music has a smooth, relaxed vibe. In June I featured the lyric video for his song Called it Love in my New Music Releases post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/06/new-music-releases.html

Ot watch it directly here: https://youtu.be/pe2FUCjKlKI

And here are a couple of songs I haven't previously shared. :)

Julia Wu- Chill 

Australian born Chinese singer Julia Wu released a song called Chill in June 2020. I came across it again recently and it inspired this post. :)

Chill is an English language song about relaxing with a special someone and maybe watching YouTube! This is the official lyric video. 

D Smoke feat. SiR- Work Hard Play Hard 

And here is Work Hard Play Hard by American rapper and songwriter D Smoke. His real name is Daniel Anthony Farris and he released his debut studio album Producer of the Year in May 2006. He comes from a musical family and one of his brothers is the singer SiR.

D Smoke started out with a very different career, teaching Spanish and music theory at Inglewood High School in California, before committing to music full time. He rose to fame after becoming the first ever winner of Netflix music reality show Rhythm + Flow in 2019.  

In addition to Producer of the Year, he has released 2 more studio albums- Black Habits (2020) and War & Wonders (2021). He also brought out his debut EP Inglewood High in October 2019.

Work Hard Play Hard is a laidback hip hop/rap song, which features D Smoke's younger brother SiR (returning the favour after D Smoke appeared on his 2015 track You Ain't Ready). 

D Smoke raps in Spanish as well as English, which he's skilled in due to his days as a Spanish teacher! It sounds like this song samples an older track but I'm not sure. The background music gives it a great vibe anyway!

This is a visualiser and it was uploaded in June.

 Update 26/8/23: There is now a music video:

 For more on D Smoke visit these links: 

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dsmoke7/

Official YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@DSmokemusic

And visit this post for more about SiR and to see the video for his 2022 single Nothing Even Matters: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/10/weekly-music-video.html

Hope you liked the post! :) There are more songs I could have included but this post ended up getting quite long, lol. What are your favourite songs to relax to?