Release Radar: Pucker Up—Asal Will Show You How To Kiss the Sun

There’s a difference between writing songs and needing to write them. On Kiss the Sun, Asal makes that distinction clear, turning a year marked by loss, change, and quiet self-reckoning into her most personal and fully realized project to date. The 22-year-old artist, already known for her blend of dark pop and emotional precision, leans into something deeper here—an album shaped not just by sound, but by everything that happened around it. Released May 29, the self-recorded album arrives with the quiet confidence of someone who’s stopped waiting for things to make sense and started making meaning anyway. “I became […] The post Release Radar: Pucker Up—Asal Will Show You How To Kiss the Sun first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.