Singer-songwriter and producer URBOYTJ follows up his 2020 debut album Selfmade with another deep dive into his psyche on the EP Happy Never After. A suave storyteller hopping between pop, rap and R&B, he draws on familiar ’00s sources to recount love stories in startling new ways. Opening track “Everything” sets the tone with sunny, rolling beats—yet there’s a haunting loneliness lurking underneath the stream of bubbly grooves. This tonal juxtaposition pervades the album, climaxing in the aching confessional “Unless”, where the self-deprecating crooner radiates vulnerability.