Now, on Dopamine, the bright pop of Motivation - a song Normani recently dismissed as mid and her label's choice of single - has been replaced by an expertly curated deep dive into her passion for R&B. After years of placating other people's musical whims, both in a band and as a solo star trying to make her mark, you sense she needed to draw a line in the sand - and if nothing else Dopamine feels like a statement of intent.
Things start brightly with the swaggering Big Boy, a southern rap-influenced head-knocker punctuated by delicious horn blasts and the kind of clattering beat Timbaland would kill for in 2024. Braggadocious lines about platinum hits and Billboard shit are interspersed with kis.
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