Summer Walker releases ethereal new EP ‘Clear 2: Soft Life’

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Summer Walker has recently shared her new EP called ‘Clear 2: Soft Life’ – listen below.Announced during her performance at this year’s Dreamville Festival, the EP is the sequel to the Atlantan singer’s 2019 four-track debut EP ‘Clear’, a prelude to her debut Billboard chart-topping album, ‘Over It’.

It arrived last Friday (May 19) via LVRN/Interscope Records.The nine-track collection features verses from J. Cole and Childish Gambino, and sees Walker further explore her love for neo-soul.A music video for the sultry lead single, ‘Pull Up’, was shared in tandem with the EP.

In the visuals, you see Walker being lured away from her home and a second suitor in his parked-up car.There is also a star-studded list of producers contributing to ‘Clear 2: Soft Life’.

The closing track, ‘Agayu’s Revelation’, was produced by R&B juggernauts Solange, Steve Lacy and John Kirby. Additionally, Viner-turn-prolific producer Jay Versace worked on the aforementioned ‘Pull Up’.Sharing a statement with Apple Music, the Soul Train Award winner said: “I wouldn’t call it a continuation of ‘Clear’, like the first one because the first one was kinda sad, like all my music [is] sad.”Since she’s “in a different space”, the EP is solely a “continuation” of Walker’s love for live instrumentation.“It’s all live… And no tune, it’s a live band, and it’s soul music.