Vote Skylar Spence for Prom King

Photo by Daniel Dorsa.
This was a year without a song of the summer, but Skylar Spence’s “Can’t You See” would have been a strong contender. Ebullient and disco-inflected, it’s an anthem for feeling yourself no matter what, the unabashedly bold chorus declaring, “In the heat of the moment, I thought that I could kiss myself.” It’s a big step from the onetime vaporwave visionary, aka Ryan DeRobertis, who made headlines when he started singing on las