In My Dreams

Release date: Sep 20, 2026

Genre: Pop-Soul

Label: Fitz Records

Seems like love is everywhere as fall arrives. On September 20, Riley Fitzgerald released “In My Dreams” with Gaby Ortega and Mimi Fonseca, one of the highlights from Songs for Her. The whole thing sounds like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and an old-school love duet somehow wandering into 2026.

The song starts small. Warm electric piano sits underneath the vocals while the bass and drums ease into a soft, unhurried groove. There is a very ’70s soul-pop language in the chords, especially in the way the harmony keeps moving underneath such an easy melody. It reminds me most of the softer side of Stevie Wonder: romantic, slightly jazzy, musically detailed without ever needing to announce how complicated it is.

As the song goes on, the voices start taking up more space. They trade lines and stack harmonies until the arrangement feels fuller, though it never really reaches for a giant climax. That restraint stays warm and close, almost like you are overhearing three people sing their way through the same crush.

Funny enough, the phone-call section at the end, which should probably be the cheesiest part, becomes my favorite moment. After all the dreamy chords, harmonies, and old-school romance, suddenly they are just talking. There is something so ordinary about it that makes everything before it hit harder. The fantasy finally lands somewhere real.

Overall, the song borrows so much from classic soul and jazz-pop without turning into a retro exercise and it has been a mature masterpiece. Underneath all the musical references, it is simply a very sweet song about being completely gone for somebody.