Zëta Ræ is back, and she’s not here to play coy

Zëta Ræ is back, and she’s not here to play coy. “Obvious” explodes out of the speakers with high-octane confidence, a bracing cocktail of alt-pop and dance-floor-ready energy. The Nashville-born Hannah Schmeling has long flirted with genre-defying sounds, but here she takes a gleeful detour into full-blown pop euphoria, her signature sparkle refracted through sleek, radio-ready production.

Co-written with Ryan Adams and featuring a rhythm section courtesy of Max Troppe, the single thrives on contrast: Schmeling’s playful, self-assured vocals bounce off glistening synths and punchy guitar riffs, creating a space where flirtation and frustration collide. It’s fun, it’s flirty, and it’s ferociously catchy — the kind of track that could dominate playlists while still feeling entirely personal.

On the release, Zëta Ræ shares, “We wanted this song to be a crossover between Pretty Please by Dua Lipa and Greedy by Ariana Grande — and I think we nailed it. At the time, I was writing a lot of emotional, alternative rock songs. Making a sassy, dance-pop track about a situationship was a total 180, but it was so much fun. It’s one of the quickest songs I’ve ever written — about an hour, in my bed. Even years later, it still makes me want to dance.”

“Obvious” is proof that Zëta Ræ isn’t content to sit on the sidelines of pop. She’s taking the genre by storm, unapologetically carving out a sonic identity that’s as confident as it is inventive.

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