The Craft
The duet is back, and it is doing something new
A generation raised on split-screen clips is rebuilding the two-voice R&B record as a live event rather than a feature swap.
By Samuel Moore · September 7, 2026
Features
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Nyla Monroe finishes 'Velvet Hours' after two years of scrapped sessions
The singer says she threw out an entire album's worth of material before landing on a live-band record cut in three weeks.
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