Vegyn

Vegyn's musical output tends to fall into extremes. The 30-year-old producer is known for working tirelessly with rap and R&B's biggest names, while his 2019 debut album Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds was an exercise in precision. For his emotionally rich sophomore LP, The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions, he broke old patterns. No endlessly refined sonics. No sprawling ideas. Just sublimely crafted songs, wobbling between elation and eerie melancholia. "I'm just trying to make interesting songs," he says. "Feeling was the focus." The result is a record defined by what Vegyn calls "happy melancholia": bouncy, euphoric rushes that reject toxic positivity. It's okay to be sad, he emphasizes. In his music, he lets his guard down.