From the first time Exzenya graced our pages with Regulator of My Dopamine, followed by the layered ache of Intermittent Love, I knew she was the kind of artist I won’t simply listen to but one I’ll step into, fully, like a living, breathing world. And now, with Scansion, she invites us once again into that world, but this time the entry point is rhythm itself; not just musical rhythm, but the heartbeat, the breath, and the magnetic pull between two people.
The opening lines, “I’d see you in a million places. You’d smile my direction. I try to hide behind all the other faces” open a door into a quiet, unspoken longing. Immediately, we as listners are given an intimate glimpse of shyness and desire, of a missed and found connection. It’s a song that starts with subtle glances and blossoms into something feverish, unstoppable as evident in lines like, “Each day was filled with lust and scansion. Each day was a whirlwind of endless passion.”
Vocally, Exzenya breathes it, exhales it into you. There’s a softness in her delivery that makes the confessions feel secretive, yet when the chorus blooms, she lets the emotion stretch, pouring out yearning with an elegance that never slips into excess. The way she sings “You left me breathless. Defining mm-mm scansion” captures the intimacy and the obsession, as if she’s caught mid-reverie.
Musically, the production matches her fluid storytelling style. There’s a subtle interplay of pop, R&B, and jazz nuances here, all tethered by a pulse that feels almost poetic — fitting for a song whose title references the analysis of verse rhythm. On the other hand, the instrumentation moves like the arc of a love story: tender beginnings, building momentum, and a rush of full-bodied emotion.
And this is where ‘Scansion’ becomes more than a love song; it’s a meditation on pattern and unpredictability, on how the rhythm of attraction can be as measurable as meter yet as uncontrollable as passion. Exzenya doesn’t just tell us about love; she frames it as a living poem, where every glance and touch is a syllable, every moment together a line break.
Three features in, and my welcome for Exzenya only grows warmer. She is still the genre-fluid traveler of stories we first met, still the artist who refuses to live in one lane, and still the voice that carries not only her truth but the truths of countless unnamed others. But with ‘Scansion,’ she’s given us something deliciously unique; a track where the love affair is written in rhythm, and the rhythm is impossible to forget.
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