"Loneliest Time of Year," Mabel (Polydor)

Mabel is Neneh Cherry's daughter, and this 2019 single is a very cool midtempo hip-hop pop ballad full of the holiday angst suggested by the title. Unlike a lot of stuff in the genre, this is a solid musical composition with a great melody and could be covered credibly in any number of genres. I could do without the vocoder trills, though, that particular audio fillip is completely played out to my ears.