“Because I just want to know that you feel what I feel,” Kaleem Taylor sings on his 2020 breakthrough single, “Feel”—though, with a voice like this, he need not worry about whether his emotions have been clearly communicated. His trembling vocals cut through the song’s dreamy, slow-dissolving R&B haze to foreground a vulnerability that defies the typical smooth-loverman archetype. Favoring crisp drum-machine productions and synth-washed atmosphere, the UK singer exudes a vibe that’s both classic and futurist, whether he’s delivering broken-beat ballads under his own name or teaming up with producer The Code as 21st-century soul duo Vague Detail.