Lily Lane offers up soul and self-worth on her vintage-tinged power anthem "Reciprocation"

Pop-soul force of nature Lily Lane resurfaces with “Reciprocation,” a scorcher that sounds like Motown and modern-day empowerment sexing up in the back seat. If anything, this track proves that Lily isn’t here to make music, but she’s here to create eras. The result was a lush collision of classic soul textures, biting pop flair, and raw, confessional storytelling, wrapped in glamour so classic that it feels timeless.

Lane conjures the ghost of Aretha Franklin with a Sabrina Carpenter streak from the opening note, driving, stifling, and cheeky as all get out. Her voice swoons and roars, swapping between honeyed murmurs and full-throated grumbles as she casually derides unrequited love with a jaded coo. It’s a soulful anthem for anyone who’s overexerting themselves emotionally.

“Reciprocation” is the sound of knowing your worth and a playful threat sealed with a kiss, and that too comes true in every beat. It’s classic, hilarious, and wincingly authentic, the kind of song that makes you shimmy and smirk and maybe shoot a pointed text afterward.

With the new EP “Domesticated” around the corner, Lily Lane asserts herself as one of pop-soul’s most arresting voices, brash, sharp, and completely self-assured. In “Reciprocation,” she is no longer asking for love, but she demands it.

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