With a background that includes a TV acting career and a stint in boy band IM5, Los Angeles artist Will Jay brings both drama and precision to every song he creates. As a solo musician, he shows a soft vulnerability (see soulful piano ballad “By Now”), leaving some of his feistiest songwriting for alt-pop dynamos like UPSAHL (the sneering “People I Don’t Like”) and Royal & the Serpent (the angsty “i can’t get high”).