Social Justice But Sexy?

Originally posted on Jezebel

Zach Matari, “Lately” - This track gives me conflicting emotions but in a good way. Matari’s songs always touch on his background but this one is as personal as he’s ever gotten, offering comments on recent events in Palestine and imploring the listener to not ignore the struggles of that nation and its diasporic community. I jibe with this and I like a jam that makes me think. But the beat underneath the lyrics is giving me a lot of slow-jam-for-summer-parties energy, which I feel guilty for bopping to because it is literally a song reminding people about cultural erasure. —SM