Mallrat dissects human connection on ‘Hocus Pocus’ (new single + video out now)
PRAISE FOR Mallrat
“Butterfly Blue, establishes her as an artist with ambitions bigger than the bedroom-pop genre that once defined her”
“Mallrat proves she hasn’t just metamorphosised on her debut – she breathes fire”
“Butterfly Blue is arguably the sound of an artist reaching her current peak, with forewarning that there’s plenty more highlights set to come”
“Mallrat allows Grace Shaw to be a new kind of pop star: one who gives but does not need to constantly take”
“Poised on the precipice of world domination”
‘Hocus Pocus‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
Mallrat today shares her second release of the year, the animated ‘Hocus Pocus’, charged with a misty electronic soundscape. LISTEN HERE + WATCH HERE.
Embracing her experimental roots, ‘Hocus Pocus’ juxtaposes a Memphis rap sample of DJ Zirk’s ‘Born2 Lose’ with spacey broken beat and bass, painting a dream of human interaction. Produced by Styalz Fuego (Troye Sivan, Tate McRae) and Kito (Skrillex, FLETCHER), the club-led release maintains a sleek intimacy in sound, continuing on Mallrat’s inquisitive exploration of light amongst human relationships from the solace first found in ‘Ray Of Light’.
Unravelling a revelry of dance music with Mallrat’s signature airy vocals, ‘Hocus Pocus’ bounces to the shadows. Exploring the warm allure of getting to know someone (“When I’m in your atmosphere I fall under your spell”), to puncturing intoxicating trickery (“Just like a rubber band, I feel my heart expand. How long till snap?”).
WATCH: ‘Hocus Pocus’ (Official Video)
Speaking to its making, of ‘Hocus Pocus’ Mallrat shares, “I fell over and fractured my arm dancing to this demo on a walk home. I couldn’t help but be excited! I had to wear a cast and sling. When I was writing the pre-chorus section of this song I was thinking of the sharp inhale breaths as lyrics that needed their own moment, kind of like a punchline. A lot of the time in pop music, breaths are edited out and turned down, but they felt important here to me.”
With the release comes a cosmic music video directed by Tom Carroll, illustrating an interplay of divergent forces, further cementing the praise for Mallrat’s astute balance of the picturesque with the acerbic in her latest release ‘Ray Of Light’. Her return was fiercely welcomed by triple j, NME, Stereogum, Dork, Rolling Stone, 10 Magazine. Through ‘Hocus Pocus’, Mallrat has once again unearthed another precious gemstone from the rubble of human connections.
Mallrat has been breaking barriers since her influential debut in 2016 – accumulating over half a billion career streams in her discography and ARIA Platinum status. The project of Grace Shaw has shared stages with Maggie Rogers, Post Malone, King Princess, Conan Gray; collaborated with Azealia Banks, The Chainsmokers, BENEE, Blu DeTiger, Cub Sport; a late night TV debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden; headline world tours amongst globally recognised festivals Reading and Leeds, Austin City Limits, Laneway, Splendour In The Grass, Listen Out and boasts multiple triple j Hottest 100 entries from 2017 – 2020. The adored songwriter and producer catapulted Mallrat across the globe with critical acclaim from NPR, Stereogum, NME, NYLON, PAPER Magazine, The New York Times, Billboard, Noisey and more further affirming Mallrat as a beacon primed for the world stage.
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