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Songs We Love: Jorja Smith, 'Let Me Down (Feat. Stormzy)'

Two of the U.K.'s rising stars collaborate for the first time on an Adele-inspired heartbreak ballad.
Jorja Smith performs at the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in 2017.

energized her fans last fall with the low tolerance, high-octane Preditah collaboration, "On My Mind." The U.K. singer's garage track made NPR Music's list of . Her newest single expands on the ways in which that tolerance might stretch. "Let Me Down" begins's "Hometown Glory."

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