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Obsidian opens in a fragile moment, but Naomi Sharon refuses to make an album sealed in suffering. She chooses something else: a warm, slow, almost marine record where healing feels less like confession than a flight toward sunlight. It’s the kind of album you play when you want to drop everything, head south, turn off your phone, rent a car, watch the sea and allow yourself a touch of selfishness—not out of whimsy, but as a graceful survival instinct. Naomi Sharon turns R&B into open space: soft vocals, rounded bass, sunlit melancholy and a yearning to leave without warning. Obsidian doesn’t merely insist on healing. It nearly supplies the mental address where it happens. Credits Artist: Naomi Sharon Album: Obsidian Label: OVO Sound Year: 2023