This is a track that grabbed my attention on the first listen. Johnny's well produced vocals, great sound selection, subtle arpeggio lines, and ambiance, all work together, drawing you in, building the anticipation. At times, it feels like you are transported sonically into the swirling galaxy the lyrics allude to. It lifts to a whole new level when we arrive at the prechorus, with the vox moving up to a higher register.  Followed by...bam... THAT drop, as all the synths give way to a thunderous bassline underneath his on-point, multi-stacked vocal.  Oh yes!

Black Hole  is a head-nodding, relaxed-tempo slice of EDM pop, with the obligatory four-to-the-four kick, side-chained pulsing trance pads, and breakdowns in all the right places.  Although vocal chops can easily sound cheesy, or be overused, here they fit nicely, adding ear candy in the second half of the drop, whilst not outstaying their welcome.  Johnny's vocals are consistently solid, and the overall music production excellent.

The melodies throughout are memorable and singable. If he is the sole singer-writer-producer (which he appears to be), then his skillset is enviable! It is clear Johnny enjoys the craft of songwriting.  He describes the song as "a dark, driving electronic track built for late-night energy", taking the listener "on a journey through the highs and lows of attraction and repulsion".  I love the parallel of the destructive power of the black hole and the broken human heart... the metaphor works.

By modern pop standards, Black Hole is an unusually long track, clocking in at 4 mins 23 seconds.   That might be too long to hold the attention of Generation Alpha, but for me, it didn't get boring, containing enough musical movement, and pleasing sonic surprises, along the journey. It sits as the third track on Johnny's album Euphoria, which was released last month.  

Because I enjoyed the song so much, naturally I sampled some of the other tracks on there.  They sounded promising. This guy could well be one to watch.

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