KEM has always had a gift for writing music that lingers in the quiet corners of life—songs that feel like they were built for dimly lit rooms, slow dances, and long drives home.
The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter returns with “Rock With Me,” a new single that leans into the intimacy that has defined his two-decade career. The latest single is the established singer’s lead-up to the anticipated full-length album after leaving Motown Records.
The track arrives on the heels of “Give My Love,” a tender ballad that sparked its own viral line dance earlier this year, proof that KEM’s music still finds fresh ways to move people. But where that single opened up a vulnerable space, “Rock With Me” is about immersion—surrendering to the rhythm of love itself.
Produced by KEM’s longtime collaborator Rex Rideout, the song is a masterclass in restraint. Built on warm instrumentation and a slow-burning groove, it clears the stage for KEM’s voice—smooth, deliberate, and filled with the weight of lived experience.
“This one’s for the day-ones,” he said in a statement. “For the ones who’ve been rocking with me through every note, every chapter. ‘Rock With Me’ is a return to love and to the sound that built this connection between us.”
That connection has been central to KEM’s story since his 2002 breakthrough Kemistry, an album that introduced a brand of sophisticated soul steeped in romance and spirituality. Across hits like “Love Calls” and “Nobody,” his music has become shorthand for grown folks’ R&B: mature, tender, and deeply rooted in feeling.
“Rock With Me” continues that lineage with a song designed less for radio immediacy and more for endurance. It’s a reminder of what makes KEM enduring in the first place—his ability to make music that doesn’t just soundtrack love stories, but becomes part of them.