"Sweet Nothing" Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch

He's got a keen sensibility for crafting club-bangers, but what distinguishes Calvin Harris—and has turned him into pop music's latest producer-of-the-moment—is the ability to inject his EDM creations with a deeper emotional authenticity. Though that's not always the case (as evidenced by this summer's flat "Let's Go"), "Sweet Nothing," a new collaboration between the Scottish DJ and British songstress Florence Welch, rings with vivid pain and heartbreak. Much of that credit is due to Welch, an incredible performer of music, who elevates her amorous defeat into something approaching spiritual crisis. But her passion is matched by Harris, conducting an overlay of synth loops both heavy and vibrant that reflects the song's clash of confusing emotions. B+