Kris Kolls is serving radiant resilience in her new single “Joy,” and let me tell you—it’s the emotional pick-me-up you didn’t know your playlist needed. From the first shimmering notes and soft tapping beats, “Joy” wraps around you like a warm sunrise after a storm. Kolls’s voice is rich, soulful, and ethereal—it floats, it soars, it means it. This is about earning that happiness after crawling through the emotional trenches. You can practically hear the transformation in her voice, moving from raw vulnerability to pure light.
The production is a silky insunuation of contemporary pop with R&B undertones and some subtle orchestral sparkle. Swelling strings glide behind pulsing synths and hard-yet-gentle beats that give the song its heartbeat. It’s emotional but never heavy, catchy but never shallow. Think empowerment anthem, but without the glittery clichés, this is healing with depth.
And the lyrics— “The more they hurt, the stronger I grew” and “Time has healed what once was raw”—that’s poetry wrapped in pop. Kolls shows that pain has faded out in the back of her mind and joy has become the hard-won crown she dons. The song plays like a personal journal entry set to music, a full-circle moment where grief is no longer a burden but a bridge to something brighter.
You don’t just listen to “Joy,” you feel it. It’s for your sunrise walks, your mirror pep talks, your post-cry recoveries. By the end, when Kolls repeats, “This is the joy that fills my heart,” you actually believe her, and maybe, you believe it for yourself too.
Catch “Joy” now on all streaming platforms. You’ll thank yourself for it.
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Review by: Naomi Joan