There’s something about SHAB’s latest single It’s On You, a slow-burning, Afro House-infused collaboration with vocalist Preston Harris, that pulls you in before you can quite explain why. Built on hypnotic rhythms and shadowy, late-night textures, the track carries a quiet intensity, balancing movement with something more intimate just beneath the surface.
There’s a darkness woven throughout this track, subtle but constant, giving everything a bit more weight. That same feeling seeps into the video. It might be the light, that golden, late-afternoon glow bouncing off the water. Or the way the environment seems to breathe around her, like it’s holding onto every word she sings. Nothing feels rushed. Everything unfolds slowly, like the moment doesn’t want to end.
SHAB moves through it all with this quiet certainty. Sometimes she’s alone, caught in these beautiful frames where time seems to pause around her. Other times, she’s surrounded by movement, bodies swaying, the rhythm pulling everyone together. She and Preston Harris start apart, separated by something. You can sense it, that hesitation, that almost-connection. The kind that hangs in the air when two people aren’t quite ready to meet in the middle, as the camera drifts between them.
When the music swells, so does everything else, the energy, the movement, the feeling that something is slowly shifting beneath the surface. The whole video carries this low, magnetic pull, sensual but never overstated.
Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/b34ydawEINM?si=pnkQXv77eEWl-pUV