Yaya Bey’s 2022 opus, Remember Your North Star, was like a spiritual guidebook, traversing heavy subjects such as misogynoir, generational trauma, and the capitalist grind within alternative R&B. On “Exodus the North Star,” the title track from her upcoming EP, the Brooklyn singer-songwriter keeps to the jazz, reggae, and soul of her last record, but leaves grief behind in search of love and its liberatory powers. “Exodus the North Star” sounds like the result of an impromptu jam session you encounter on a spring day walking through Crown Heights: “You see I found my way where the love is free, and baby you’d be so proud of me,” Bey sings proudly, reaching for the softest “heys” and “frees” to ad-lib over her joyful melody. As the planet turns, and the system fractures further, Yaya Bey’s “Exodus the North Star” will be there to remind us to cherish special connections too, even just as a little treat.