ISAIA HURON - ONE IN A MILLION
Isaia Huron is an American RnB artist, songwriter, and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee but originally from Greenville, South Carolina. This ever-growing artist is relatively new to the scene, making his official debut in early 2020, but in that time, he has managed to garner millions of plays on his songs on Spotify.
Isaia may have released his debut EP Three in 2020, but he started the hustle to become a professional musician years before that. He played as a drummer for live shows for seven years, performing at dive bars in the Midwest and south for weekend shows. As instrumental as those years were to developing his musical creativity, he always longed to sing instead and refocused his creative direction. Three was the eventual result of that determination and struggle.
Since then, Isaia has released numerous tracks, most of which have been in the form of EPs and one full-length album titled Cerulean Tapes. While the content, emotion, and arrangements vary among those songs, the self-reflexive songwriting and smooth vocals are consistent. Some tracks with slowed-down tempos and simplified arrangements allow listeners to hear the artist’s vocal ability clearly, with a great range and captivating power.
Some tracks like Somehow I Knew create a dream-like aural experience for listeners through careful instrumentation. This particular track includes subtle but eerie synths and a guitar loop that offer the perfect melody and rhythm for him to place his vocals over. The smoothness of his voice also adds to that dream-like experience, allowing listeners to zone themselves out to music that is both relaxing yet emotionally poignant.
This song, in particular, is also exemplary of this artist’s songwriting skills. It encapsulates his personal growth amidst internal struggles in a poetic and engaging story that perhaps listeners can relate to. That level of maturity in his lyricism alongside perfectly complementary vocals showcases the depth and potential of this young artist.
Despite this track’s exceptional musicality, it’s not the most popular release by Isaia. Instead, Loving You Is a Mountain from his debut EP has that honor, with over 7.7 million plays of this track alone on Spotify (at the time this piece was published). This track includes some fantastic melodic pop hooks along with his chill RnB vocal with keen attention to variation in the dynamics, creating a feel and vibe that’s entertaining, catchy, yet emotionally strong and earnest.
Isaia Huron has effectively convinced hundreds of thousands of listeners, if not millions, about his ability to creatively deliver work that feels completely true to him with strong songwriting and vocal work. In the two years that he made his official entry into the musical sphere as a vocalist, he has released quite a lot of music, and all of it has shown his growth in bits in such little time. That is, thus, a testament to the artist’s brilliance. What it also does for us listeners is that it makes us excited to hear more of his creative expression in the future.
