Susan G became the epitome of Seattle soul with ‘Don’t Look Like You’

With her old soul and fresh presence stretching far beyond Seattle, Susan G has the kind of vocal firepower and lyrical acuity that instantly turns passive listening into emotional reckoning. Her latest 60s soul-esque single, Don’t Look Like You, is the perfect primer for her deep-cutting emotive style. The smoky, smooth, and fever-swaddled staccato rhythms refuse to let comfort slip into the mix. Your rhythmic pulses will stand to full attention as the raw honesty of her lyricism sinks in. The reprise of “I don’t know what love is if it looks like you” sears the psyche. It’s a line built to hit anyone who’s ever clawed their way out of a relationship that made them question not only their worth but the very definition of love. Instead of falling into the performative pitfalls of empowerment anthems, Susan G offers something more vital—an exorcism of confusion and coldness, giving a voice to anyone who’s been left picking up the pieces of their gaslit mind. Susan George—performing under her moniker Susan G—may run a cutting-edge marketing agency by day, but in the studio, she’s a soul-revivalist with a modern R&B twist, weaving poetic truth through every note. Her sound reverberates for […]

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