Largely written during stints traveling away from her home base of LA, Arima’s new album A Rush To Nowhere halts time for a meditation on her past, present and future, choosing to write through time as the spiraling language of human life rather than a linear narrative. She collapses memories, journal entries and hopeful declarations together into a body of work that’s wholeheartedly personal and earnest. Arima made the album in collaboration with executive producer and close friend Teo Halm (SZA, Rosalía, Omar Apollo), who also enlisted additional production from talented producers like Caleb Laven (Vince Staples, Childish Gambino), Solomonphonic (Lola Young, Dominic Fike, Remi Wolf) and Rahm Silverglade (serpentwithfeet, Snoh Alaegra, Deb Never). Sonically, the album traverses the Black music tradition regardless of genre, colliding elements of soul, R&B, pop and folk into a transporting sound that serves as a vessel for Arima’s writing and her honeyed voice.