Amber Mark

Next month, the very underrated singer, songwriter, and producer Amber Mark is releasing her sophomore album Pretty Idea. If you’re still unconvinced of Mark’s bright aura, even after an impressive series of singles, then her latest track “Too Much” is bound to win you over.

Amber Mark is so reliably great that she is — almost by default, given her lack of A-list status — one of this era’s most underrated pop stars. She’s been bolstering that reputation over the past year-plus with a string of stellar singles including “Comin’ Around Again,” “Space-Time,” “Won’t Cry,” “Sink In,” “Wait So Yeah,” and “Sweet Serotonin,” many of which were collected on last fall’s Loosies EP. Today, at long last, she’s announcing Pretty Idea, her first album since 2022’s Three Dimensions Deep. It’s out in October, and news of its impending arrival comes along with yet another great new song.

Tennessee-born R&B-pop singer Amber Mark has been opening for some of Sabrina Carpenter’s tour dates this year. At one of Carpenter’s BST Hyde Park shows last week, Mark debuted an unreleased song called “Sweet Serotonin,” and today she’s giving the track its proper release. “Listen Responsibly…” she wrote on Instagram early this morning. “Side effects may include weak knees & playing this song on repeat.” It’s a sultry, smooth, and relaxed tune with an early neo-soul feel, where Mark tells her love interest: “I’ll say this really clear now/ Yeah, I want you, baby/ I’ll wait a whole damn year now/ To get on top of it.” Watch the Alfred Marroquin-directed video for “Sweet Serotonin” below.