Suncity by Khalid

Suncity, Khalid's first EP, arrived on RCA on October 19, 2018, sitting between his debut album American Teen and Free Spirit. The El Paso singer had spent the year all over the radio with "Love Lies", alongside Normani, and "Eastside", with Benny Blanco and Halsey, and here he pulls the focus back to himself, keeping things hazy, unhurried and low-lit.

"Better" is the centerpiece and the single, a slow-burning late-night murmur of a song built on sparse beats and that soft, honeyed voice, and it became his third top-ten hit. It's a short, moody detour rather than a statement, but it landed hard anyway: the EP opened at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, moving 50,000 units in its first week.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.