The Ontario pop phenom pulls the heartstrings while moving the hips. Preston Pablo emerged as one of Canada’s most promising pop artists in the early 2020s by planting one foot in the bedroom and the other in the club, infusing his intimate singer-songwriter confessionals with an irresistible rhythmic thrust. With Almost Always—the first of two EPs set for release in 2026—he delivers another five tracks that pull at the heartstrings as vigorously as they move the hips. But if Pablo is lyrically fixated on the agony and ecstasy of young romance, he expresses his unrequited desires through an eclectic palette of lusty R&B (“Selfish,” “Tidal Wave”), open-road country-pop devotionals (“Dive”), and summer-festival anthems pitched partway between the campfire and the main stage (“Cause I Do”).