undressed
Undressed by Sombr has been floating around TikTok for weeks now—looped, remixed, and backgrounded into everything. At first, I brushed it off as just another algorithm bait track, but after hearing it enough times, I gave in—and honestly, it’s better than it probably needed to be.
The production is impressively minimal, built around a clean guitar loop that’s both moody and hypnotic. There's this subtle vinyl crackle layered behind it all, which adds warmth and gives the whole track that lived-in, almost analog feel. The drums are light, almost barely there—tight hi-hats, low kicks, and the occasional reverb-heavy snare—but they sit perfectly in the pocket, letting the melody breathe instead of overpowering it.
What really stands out, though, are Sombr’s vocals. They're pitched in a way that makes it hard to tell if it's his natural range or studio manipulation—but either way, it works. The voice floats just above the mix, slightly drowned in effects but not to the point of being faceless. There’s a softness in the delivery that adds to the track's charm, like it was never trying to be a big moment—it just is what it is.
Even though Undressed clearly feels designed with short-form content in mind—hooky, dreamy lo-fi aesthetic with a catchy hook you only need to hear once to remember, digestible, and emotionally open-ended—it manages to avoid feeling shallow. It rides the line between manufactured and genuine, but stays catchy without losing its atmosphere.
UNDRESSED - SOMBR
RATING - 7.2/10
GENRE - Alt/Indie