Swedish artist Karin Turesson, who records as Sunstroke Rain, continues a series of 2026 collaborations with UK producer Mera Bhai on “I Levitate,” a melodic electronic-pop single about the rush of falling in love. The third release in their ongoing partnership brings together dance influences and new-wave sensibilities.
A bouncy combo of click-clacking rhythms and bass-y synths open the track, moving seamlessly into vibrant pads and wordless vocal layers — emitting a dreamless charm before the lead’s more debonair entrancement. “You smile at me in the street, suddenly my feet, followed you,” her vocals let out, bolstered thereafter by warbled synth tones and a recurrence of the backing layers. Multi-layered vocals enamor thereafter, amiable in the “high up in the sky, I reach the stars, I levitate” weightless pop buoyancy.
“I wanna be close to you,” the vocals beckon with continued lushly melodic enjoyment, stirring across both spacious, dreamy builds and bass-heavy touches of grime. The “flying high up in the sky” drive into the final minute compels in its momentum and “levitate” refrain, with the final minute serving up a final absorbing fusing of the head-nodding bass, glistening synths, and addictive vocal melody. “I Levitate” is a shining pop success from Sunstroke Rain.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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