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Songs We Love: Kali Uchis, 'Tyrant (Feat. Jorja Smith)'

Kali Uchis (right) and Jorja Smith in the luxurious video for "Tyrant."

' "Tyrant" embodies a love letter addressed not to timeless summer flings, but specifically to summer 2017. It's glittery and danceable, but brutal in its honesty, nodding to the grim state of affairs with lines like "When everything's on

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