Dawn Richard Releases New R&B Single "baby, can we?" Amid Legal Battle with Sean Combs
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Tom Breihan
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Summary
Dawn Richard releases a new single "baby, can we?" that marks a stylistic shift toward classic '90s R&B, following her more abstract work on the 2024 collaboration Quiet In A World Full Of Noise with Spencer Zahn. The release comes amid Richard's public legal actions against former boss Sean Combs, whom she sued for sexual abuse and testified against in his criminal trial. The song follows her December single "A Flex" and represents a return to warmer, smoother R&B sounds.
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the art-soul explorer Dawn Richard has been venturing further and further into abstract directions
she seems to be switching it up once again
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