RANI - Sugar Rush

What this video is

Released June 25, 2021, 'Sugar Rush' serves as the lead single from RANI's third EP, EP6 — a project thematically dedicated to love in its many forms. RANI (Shannon Sewrani Hilversum, born 1999) is a Dutch-Surinamese singer-songwriter who rose to international recognition via Sam Feldt's 2019 hit 'Post Malone', which reached the UK Top 10. By mid-2021, she had been named MTV Push Artist of the Month and Kickstart…

Why it matters

A pivotal document in the emergence of Dutch R&B-pop as an internationally viable genre strand. RANI's blend of contemporary hip-hop-inflected production with melodic pop songcraft — described by Wonderland Magazine as 'layered with contemporary pop and hip-hop sauce' — represents a broader…