Miya Zawa delivers a dream-crush anthem "Like Damn (Whoa)"

Miya Zawa and its dazzling front woman, Sara Flint, can deliver on both fronts with her new single, "Like Damn (Whoa)." It's a heady concoction of sultry vocals, solid grooves, and lyrical honesty to hit you straight in the chest in a good way. But what makes "Like Damn (Whoa)" so attractive is its feel of manifestation. Flint readily acknowledges this wasn't about a real-life crush but a sensation that she was conjuring into being. 

"Like Damn (Whoa)" establishes a vibey, textured foundation from the start, one that never gets in the way of Flint's silky, emotionally tuned delivery. And that chorus is catchy, but it doesn't begin to describe this. Exclamations like "She got it so good I'm like damn WHOA!" But Flint's emotional journey takes a sharp turn from caution to full-blown crush. It's the sound of a heart that jumps before it knows what it's doing.

Flint's lyrics wade into murkier waters: "I wanna have it, like the last time, but I think the world's testing my lines." There's vulnerability here, a meditation on past loves and the struggle between desire and preservation. It's the age-old push-pull, the fear of connection contrasted with the pain of disappointment.

"Like Damn (Whoa)" isn't just a description of falling for someone, but it sounds like falling for someone. There's sparkle, breathlessness, a quietly unleashed hope in every measure. It is no wonder, then, that Miya Zawa is continuing the promise of early releases like So Sick and projects with Tom Brereton under the Apricot Ink moniker. There's an assurance in this latest single that feels like Flint is fully settling into her sound, a heady combination of dream-pop finesse and confessional songwriting that never tries too hard, yet is heavy all the same.