The culty, genre-blurring R&B artist has been on a crazy trajectory over the past few years. As a military brat, Dijon Duenas grew up all over the world, and I just found out that he and I went to the same high school in Ellicott City, Maryland. Nobody prominent went to that school; the prominent-alumni part of our Wikipedia page is a disaster. Go Eagles, anyway. Dijon started out as one half of the duo Abhi + Dijon, and then he contributed to records from people like Brockhampton and Charli XCX. He released his debut album Absolutely in 2021. That album wasn’t a blockbuster, but it’s been a sneakily huge influence on artists from across the pop spectrum. Today, Dijon releases his second album, and it seems primed to become a big deal. It’s also fucking awesome.