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Hits like “TQM” and “Sabor Fresa” have become part of the SoCal landscape, with keening horns and neatly interlocked guitar and tololoche lines evoking Mexican tradition, while Paz spins woozy tales of high life decadence at the edge of the underworld.

Full of woozy disco beats and warped electro-soul textures, the 11-track LP showcases a sense of songcraft that evokes Lionel Richie and “Dirty Mind”-era Prince; one track is titled “Whitney” because “it just sounded like some Whitney Houston type of song,” says Richman’s friend and producer Jonah Roy, who worked closely with him on the album after the two connected “through the DMs,” as Roy puts it, a couple of years ago.

On a woozy Monday afternoon, those sightseers who had assembled on the tower's second-floor viewing platform discovered a clever ruse: the telescopes could be used to spy on a beach volleyball match happening down below.

"I felt woozy at first, then the world started spinning. I started to feel sick, had a lack of control, I didn’t even know where I was, or what was going on," said Ms Baker.

Seattle’s unmatched party of the summer will continue its Pike-Pine reign with firepower aplenty across its ready-to-dance lineup headlined by electronic maestro Kaytranada, psych-pop vibesmith Still Woozy and funky alt-pop star Remi Wolf — a standout from Block Party ’22 — stepping in for Kim Petras, who scrapped her summer festival slate due to health issues.