But Sonnymoon's "Just Before Dawn" — in which Anna Wise's ethereal vocals float across Dane Orr's palpitating soundscape as she contemplates mortality — takes on a more hopeful, universal tone.

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Many knew Anna Wise as one-half of the duo Sonnymoon, as the siren who provides the Yin to Dane Orr's Yang. However, her celebrity kicked up a notch once she became Kendrick Lamar's go-to vocalist ...

After collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Wise goes solo on 'Precious Possession.' ...