Dancing With Danger: HANGAWI's Hypnotic "NPD"

"NPD" - An addictive synth-pop thriller, with a dark psychological twist and deep hypnotic beat.

HANGAWI (formerly SYLVIA M) is an independent singer-songwriter and topliner who writes music, perfecting her craft, experimenting, and learning. She is a natural writer and draws the listener in with a deep instinctive understanding via her stories. “NPD” by HANGAWI (aka SYLVIA M) brings you to that place, and it's amazing how it makes you feel. Her appealing tone, sensitive delivery, and emotional displays show her strength and make the work effortlessly compelling.

HANGAWI's "NPD" is a hypnotic synth-pop thriller posed as a simply intoxicating pop song.

The use of a minimally pulsating synth bassline is the perfect way to quicken the song with a simple seduction, and HANGAWI's production brings it out immediately. The strongest artfulness resides in the way HANGAWI's vocal performance is able to play on the song's sunny veneer, using lightness and sweetness for her falsetto, comfort in the whispered phrases, endearment in her tone, bringing out the opening gestures precariously into defiance.

As her voice rises into fullness and command, the song's sinister quality begins to shine through. Like the line "never give a shit, " the only moments where the script begins to shiver and fall apart. It is these moments which make NPD such a compelling song; each wave of darkness seamlessly melds with the poppsyche. It's a fearless, intoxicating track and a must-listen.