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After releasing his debut studio album last year and his own documentary this year, The Kid LAROI has returned with the track “GIRLS.” This somewhat catchy, but formulaic, pop song feels like a fusion between Justified-era Justin Timberlake and Jack Harlow.

The production on “GIRLS” is dynamic, with its beat accented by splashes of orchestral strings, piano, and harpsichord throughout its brief two-and-a-half-minute length. Pharrell’s influence on this track is unmistakable, from the opening piano and orchestral strings that can only hope to be as great as Frank Ocean’s “Pink and White” to the percussion-driven verses echoing Justin Timberlake’s early hits like “Like I Love You.” While emulating Pharrell is rarely a misstep, the track’s production breaks little new ground. Nevertheless, it…