Soft Animal by Kwun: Review

by admin January 10, 2026

January 10, 2026

“Soft Animal” finds UK artist Kwun trading cosmic fireworks for something far quieter and, in many ways, braver. After the ecstatic motion of “Cuíca” and the expansive energy of “Sovereignty,” this first single of 2026 slows everything down and pulls the listener back into the body. It’s the sound of someone sitting beside you, and offering strength from the tender, humane ground. Set in a spacious, cinematic soundscape, it’s one of his most emotionally direct songs to date.

The track glides in on a relaxing melody and a sharp organic tapping beat, like a pulse you can lean against. A Wurlitzer-style warmth anchors the harmony while subtle details flicker at the edges. Kwun sings meditatively and relaxingly, with his high voice almost whispery to build intimacy, as if he’s right there by your ear rather than on the other side of a screen. As the song unfolds, his delivery gets more reassuring and caring, wrapping around promising, gentle lines like,

“My darling, remember as long as you like, and it comes from your heart, then you know it’s alright, and I will come to you over and over and over…again.”

He doesn’t shy away from ache either, as he lends his hand with the line, “I will help you free your soul from the shackles of doubt.” He sings about the pain in the heart, the tears, and everything, which he will help cure by becoming one with nature. As he does, the strings come swelling lushly in layers, lifting the track into an emotive finale that never tips into bombast.

Recorded, like all his work, in 432 Hz to resonate more naturally with the body, “Soft Animal” lands like a deep breath you didn’t know you were holding. Come, tune in with the vulnerable, primal self within you with Kwun on Spotify.