Numb (with Khalid)

A more melancholy groove than the Marshmello catalog typically offers, "Numb" finds Khalid exploring emotional dissociation over production that reflects it — the arrangement feels deliberately unfocused, textures blurring at the edges, the kick drum muffled as if heard through a wall. The lyrical honesty about checked-out relationships is well-served by this approach, neither overwrought nor flippant. Khalid's vocal delivery here is characteristically understated, which is precisely right for material about not feeling things. It's a late-night track in the truest sense, best heard when you're already somewhere inside your own head and the music is company rather than stimulation.