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In his episode of Press Play at Home, K-Pop star WONHO immerses viewers in a dark and futuristic world with his performance of "EYE ON YOU."

K-Pop sensation WONHO's current single "EYE ON YOU," evokes the pulsing, heady excitement of new romance, with lyrics describing an attraction so strong it borders on addiction.

In this installment of Press Play at Home , WONHO pairs the song's lyrics with an equally high-drama visual component, performing "EYE ON YOU" on a dark, strobe-lit stage as images flash across a backdrop screen.

WONHO dons steampunk-inspired black and leather for the occasion, with back-up dancers rocking similar looks and masks to match. Against flashing lights and a pulsing beat, WONHO's vocals draw out the yearning that's already apparent in the song's lyrics, and add a dash of the darkness and mystery that is a theme in his new single album, Obsession .

"Losing me is better than losing you," WONHO sang in his 2020 track "Losing You." In "EYE ON YOU" and its Obsession sister record, "Somebody," the singer continues to explore those themes of trading individuality for complete immersion — the kind of all-consuming lust that's equal parts ecstatic and sinister.

Watch WONHO walk the delicate line between joy and darkness in his performance of "EYE ON YOU," and check back for more episodes of Press Play at Home.

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In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, singer/songwriter dodie conjures a bleary last call in a hushed performance of "Four Tequilas Down"

"Four Tequilas Down" is as much a song as it is a memory—a half-remembered one. "Did you make your eyes blur?/So that in the dark, I'd look like her?" dodie, the song's writer and performer, asks. To almost anyone who's engaged in a buzzed rebound, that detail alone should elicit a wince of recognition.

Such is dodie's beyond-her-years mastery of her craft: Over a simple, spare chord progression, she can use an economy of words to twist the knife. "So just hold me like you mean it," dodie sings at the song's end. "We'll pretend because we need it."

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, watch dodie stretch her songwriting muscles while conjuring a chemically altered Saturday night—and the Sunday morning full of regrets, too.

Check out dodie's hushed-yet-intense performance of "Four Tequilas Down" above and click here to enjoy more episodes of Press Play At Home.

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The outspoken Chilean singer/songwriter Francisca Valenzuela sings of womanhood and will to power

For Francisca Valenzuela, feminism isn't a radical notion, but a self-evident truth. The daughter of two renowned Chilean scientists, she's published muscular, experiential poetry (like her 2000 book, Defenseless Waters, which she published in her early teens) and founded Ruidosa, a festival, platform and community that elevates female voices.

In this episode of Press Play At Home, Valenzuela sings "La Fortaleza," which contains her worldview in microcosm. "Everything that has happened has led me to today," she sings in Spanish. "I look ahead to the horizon and I bury the guilt and leave/I pack a suitcase, take a deep breath and don't look back/Setting sun, rising sun will accompany me."

Check out Francisca Valenzuela's riveting performance of "La Fortaleza" above, and watch other episodes of Press Play At Home.

Press Play At Home: Bliss Out To Jazzmeia Horn's "Where We Are"

"Some advanced technology is eating through my brain," Tasjan laments at the start of the lively folk-rock song

In the latest episode of Press Play At Home, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan offers a playful yet piercing take on technological dependency in his performance of "Computer of Love."

"Some advanced technology is eating through my brain," Tasjan laments at the start of the lively folk-rock song. Watch his full performance below.

Featured on his forthcoming, genre-bending album, Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, out Feb. 5, 2021, the song references the disconnection caused by technology and social media and the emotional barriers they create within and between people.

Press Play At Home: Bliss Out To Jazzmeia Horn's "Where We Are"

The Alabama rapper gives an intimate performance of her song "Balencies" from her major label debut EP 'Industry Games'

Chika is having a breakout year, no matter how you look at it. Born Jane Chika Oranika in Montgomery, Ala., the first-generation Nigerian-American rapper was named to XXL Magazine's 2020 Freshman Class. And it's easy to see why:

The self-described "professional truth-teller" with "a pen that's tactical," Chika shines in the latest edition of Press Play At Home, delivering an intimate version of "Balencies" from her major label debut EP Industry Games.

"The time that went into 'Industry Games,' was a year of my life, last year specifically," she recently told The Recording Academy. "I think that I fleshed out a lot more about myself with this project. You get more of my thought process, and the way my brain actually works––I get to share how crazy and hectic it gets in my brain sometimes. [Laughs.] You hear me versus my ego on it, and what that sounds like for me to be this soft-spoken person, but having a bigger ego, and having to defend certain words."

"Balencies," produced by Lido, also features production elements chosen by her puppy, Vision, who gets a nice shoutout in one of her verses. Chika's soulful, poetic lyricism shows her poetry slam roots and the influence of her southern upbringing in the church, which had a strong musical influence on her style. 

Enjoy Chika's very personal performance of "Balencies" and stay tuned for more outstanding original music from GRAMMY.com's Press Play series.

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