ellakate has a voice that’s instantly alluring. The rather rough yet somehow also seductively smooth songstress’ voice just instantly commands attention. The production on ‘If You Want Me To’ perfectly complements her performance, just adding the right amount into the arrangement to inject her central performance with that much more vigour and importance. It’s simultaneously intensely intimate and sultry in the performance while also echoing a kind of detachment and lackadaisicalness in the atmosphere it creates. There’s a certain maturity in the lyricism as well, a really pronounced talent in song-writing that this emerging Atlanta based pop artist clearly already possesses.
Well on the way to becoming a much more recognisable name, ellakate’s brand of alternative pop music is slowly growing in attention and mainstream recognition. She has something slightly akin to a Billie Eilish and Lana Del Ray style, the kind of dark yet lustful suaveness that’s immensely invigorating and catchy all at once.