#MusicMonday: Asukal "Ways2Love"

Our fave cyber futuristic pop producer + artist Asukal is back with her newest and most vulnerable single, “ways2love”. New York-based, Manila-raised Raquel Undheim’s name pays homage to both her Philippine roots and her music - Asukal means ‘sugar’ in Tagalog - and reflects her sugary pop aesthetic as well as the sugar cane farm owned by her parents. She tells tmrw that “ways2love” reflects on both “the importance of self-love and what it’s like growing up in a society with Eurocentric beauty ideals.”

Asukal says about the single: “ ‘ways2love’ is a little different than the other songs I’ve produced. I’d describe it as cyber futuristic pop meets 90s club vibes with some trap elements. It’s a little more serious than my other songs. Even though I’ve contrasted dark lyrics with hyper cheerful bubble pop production in the past, I wanted the production in ‘ways2love’ to sound more mature and reflect the real and raw subject of the song."

Stream “ways2love” here and look forward to more music from Asukal in the new year!