One of your latest singles “Skyline” was featured throughout the new Sony campaign. Rolling Stone caught up with Khalid to talk more about the Sony collab, his upcoming album, and who he wants to work with next. And this coming from my perspective as both an artist, as well as a music fan.” “There’s depth and detail of a song that comes through in a very significant way compared to other listening experiences,” Khalid expalins. Though they can be used with, say, Amazon Alexa for calls, the artist explains they “deliver an incredible experience for music listening, too.” It’s just your world, nothing else,” Khalid notes of the gear’s sound quality. “You really don’t hear anything else around you.
In other words, the headphones are designed so that music released in 360 Reality Audio, like Khalid’s debut or his recent singles, should sound more immersive if you’re streaming on services like Amazon Music or Tidal. Khalid, who also tests out the new gear in the campaign video (seen below), calls the headphones’ noise-cancelling tech “out of this world.” Released this spring and available in two colorways, the sleek new over-ear WH-1000XM5 headphones are 360 Reality Audio-certified cans.
