His pop skills serve him well on his debut, offering opportunities to show off the unique tone and delivery he has compared to his peers.
Whichever mode he's in, 24kGoldn never sacrifices hooks, and expert production helps every song land.
El Dorado is pop engineered to sound good in the supermarket, social-media snippets, and played from a phone during bedroom hangs: big melodies in the foreground, beats that bounce, and guitar deployed as needed to juice up the tunes.