Charity - Beautiful Moments
- Written by Julia Lamb
Charity oozes soulfulness from every pore of her sound. Born and raised in Detroit, the singer-songwriter draws inspiration from John Mayer’s intimate folk guitar to Stevie Wonder’s impassioned vocals, but what she creates is something that cannot be pinned to any single influence.
Her latest single ‘Beautiful Moments‘ weaves R&B, neo-soul and a sliver of jazz into a feel-good pop setting. “Eating inspiration out your refrigerator door / Tip-toeing across the hardwood by dancing on your floors”: Charity opens the track with a charming line that encapsulates her spirit: full of vibrancy. In a song about taking in life’s simplicities, Charity manages to capture these small moments and bring them to life with her clever way with words. Perhaps the most magnetizing element of ‘Beautiful Moments’ however, is Charity’s utterly stunning voice. Breathing effervescence with every careful and controlled waver, her timbre carries a freshness that’s hard to pull yourself away from. The chorus allows Charity’s falsetto to take flight, if only for a thrilling, split moment: “You got beautiful moments deep in your eyes / Lay on the grass in the summer and catch fireflies.” There’s a magical alignment with the song’s lyrics and Charity’s vocals in that they both convey courageousness and vulnerability at once, and this is what makes her stand out from her contemporaries.
An artist welling with inspiration and love of life, there’s not an ounce of fakery to be found in Charity’s music.