On the heels of last year's Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep, Mykki Blanco is already releasing another album: Stay Close to Music arrives October 14 via Transgressive. Blanco has expanded their style more in the last year than in their decade-long career, and their latest single "Pink Diamond Bezel" continues this growth by demonstrating a return to hip-hop with a nuanced and refreshed ear. Adventurous and expansive, it shatters any previously held assumptions about Mykki’s artistry, leaving them free to define their sound for themselves. "[It] feels as if it’s the love child of Pharrell Williams and The Neptunes as much as Jack White," they explained in a press statement.
"I am always hoping to create a new alchemy for my sound and for my entire entire career I have been experimenting with how far I can push rap—from the production to the musical choices to the inspirations," they continued before describing their vision for the track with a curious sense of specificity. "When I think about the vibe of ‘Pink Diamond Bezel’ I imagine a stretch limousine riding through snow capped mountains, drinking [Kahlua] and cream with a group of friends in cashmere sweaters, very après-ski—then out of nowhere a shaman appears in the middle of the road, the car halts, a spell is cast, the road catches fire, and we’re forced to kneel in supplication to the forces of nature!"
Listen to "Pink Diamond Bezel" below, and pre-order Stay Close to Music here.
