TLDR: Toronto artist Pat Williams returns with “LANDMARKS,” a reflective alt-R&B track featuring Eric Ryan that explores how memories linger after love fades.
Toronto artist Pat Williams recently released his new single, “LANDMARKS,” featuring Eric Ryan. It’s a reflective track that explores the aftermath of a relationship and the memories that linger long after it ends.
The record is built around the emotional geography that follows a breakup. Certain corners, rooms and late-night routes stay charged long after the person is gone. Others fade into background noise. Williams frames that grey area with a sound that pulls from alt hip-hop, R&B, jazz fusion and live instrumentation, leaning into texture instead of easy catharsis.
That approach has already started to connect. “LANDMARKS” landed on Spotify’s R&B Weekly editorial playlist after passing 1,000 plays on its first day of release, a notable early signal for an independent artist still carving out his own lane.
Williams is a vocalist, rapper, producer and engineer from Toronto, and his music tends to romanticize the bittersweet without getting swallowed by it. Raised between two independent, self-employed parents and contrasting households, he has built a writing style that often turns inward while still watching the world around him. Love, mental health, social norms and their contradictions keep circling his work.
At the top of the year, Williams also released the music video for “Open Scene,” another glimpse into the cinematic world he has been developing around his music.
Previous releases have drawn praise for their polished, widescreen feel, with Williams blending strings, saxophones and smooth lyricism into a sound that feels carefully arranged but still emotionally lived-in. That foundation is expected to expand further on his upcoming 10-song album, THE KIDS WILL BE FINE, currently set for the fourth quarter of 2026 with more than 20 musicians involved.
You can find “LANDMARKS” on Spotify, and various other digital streaming platforms via Takes A Village Music.
“LANDMARKS” by Pat Williams (featuring Eric Ryan)
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