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On lead single ‘ZOOM’, Tinashé narrates youthful lust on the dancefloor; at one juncture in ‘KILL_U’, Tanerélle’s soothing tones reminds you that, at times, “You’re lost, then you’re found, there’s so much you achieve”; across ‘U_WANT’, KUČKA tells herself “there will be better days”; while on ‘RISE’, ROZET riffs that she’ll “grow from the floor to the sky”. 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