Normani Drops Two New Songs With Supreme Bop Maestro Calvin Harris

Linking up with ultra major bop architect Calvin Harris is routinely a good idea; just ask Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Sam Smith — the list goes on. Another name you could contain to it right now, and another authority on the matter of Harris's bop supremacy, is Normani.


The two have connected for a new pair of dance floor-ready pop tunes including "Checklist," also featuring WizKid, and the house-influenced "Slow Down." The latter seems of a piece with Harris's previous 2018 house-pop hits, including "One Kiss" with Lipa and "Promises" with Smith. On both, though, Normani brings a urgent and dynamic energy that marks a high point here in the early piece of the former Fifth Harmony singer's burgeoning solo career.





These two cuts don't sound much alike, yet both are showcases for Normani's vocals to take center stage. On "Checklist," she adopts a delivery reminiscent of reggae to match the fluttering rhythms, once she ramps up speed to improve the heat on the strobe light-primed "Slow Down."


On Instagram, she shouted out her collaborators for these two tracks. During the method of working on my album I have gotten the possibility to get in the room with some of the most skilled humans everrrrr like ever ever!!!!," Normani wrote, singling out Harris and WizKid, and also Jessie Reyez and Starrah, who worked on the songs.


In the wake of 5H's hiatus announcement in March, Normani has appeared on the sultry "Love Lies" with Khalid and the remix of Reyez's swaggering "Body Count" and also Kehlani. And earlier this month, she popped up with Davido on Quavo's solo effort, Quavo Huncho. She's keeping busy, and these two new tracks are nice additions to an already packed year for Normani.


Listen to the two very different tracks above and attempt to pick a preference between them, in case you can.