As the worlds of pop, R&B, trap, indie, emo and EDM started to bond together in the late 2010s, Quebec City multi-hyphenate Imad Royal was right there with the super glue. Whether he’s communing with superstar DJ Steve Aoki and blink-182’s Travis Barker for the pop-punk-powered “Halfway Dead”, amplifying the eccentricities of Oliver Tree on “Alien Boy”, or dropping soulful bops under his own name, the Royal treatment guarantees future-shocked pop thrills.