Gina D'SoTo emerges with something rare: an emotional truth delivered in velvet vocals and slow-burning sensuality. Her most recent single, "Lay with u," addresses that longing so many of us bear for intimacy, for connection, for someone to meet us in the silence. It's a slow jam with teeth, a song that challenges you to feel, to remember, to want. One that drops you into a candlelit vortex in which R&B and soul and Latin heat bump and grind and make out in the most intimate of ways.
Cuban-born and NYC-based, D'Soto's roots are complicated, but her talent runs deep. With "Lay with u," she's not just drawing influences from Jessie Reyez, Sabrina Claudio, Yendry, and Kali Uchis, but also blending them into her style, making it uniquely hers. There's a Latin pulse beneath, a soupy, swaying quality that is like a half-cocked confession. It's the sort of song that catches you late at night, when your defenses are down and your heart is open.
"Lay with u" is special because of its unabashedly feminine nature. There's no posturing happening here, just raw, haunting vulnerability. D'Soto's voice doesn't float over the track so much as inhabit it. There's a quiet strength in how she sings, as if she were taking back softness as a form of strength. Every line feels lived-in like a diary entry that's too potent to keep to herself.
This release is the debut flavor from D'Soto's forthcoming debut EP, "…and we laughed…and we cried," which comes out this fall. If "Lay with u" is any indication of what's to come in thematically rich, emotionally charged experiences, co-mingled with "Lay with u" musical intoxicity, listeners are in for a treat. "In short, Gina D'Soto is not just an artist to watch; she's one to feel." With "Lay with u," though, she's being explicit: she's not riding the wave, but she is the wave.
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