Today, singer, dancer, producer, and all around artist Rodney Chrome shares “CYBORG” ahead of a new project, GO, executive produced by underscores (Oklou, Jane Remover), to come October 17.  Both diva and auteur, Rodney Chrome executes a distinctly Black and queer vision of DIY futurist pop that spans robo-soul breakbeats, bass-rattling ballroom bangers, and Detroit techno vogue anthems on this forthcoming project. Watch and listen to “CYBORG” here, and presave GO here.

“CYBORG” follows “BBL,” both of which are powerful assertions of Rodney’s organic talent as a singer, dancer, and producer straddling the worlds of pop drama and hyperpop maximalism, hip-hop flow, and the ever-widening ethos of electronic music.

The video for “CYBORG” heightens the stakes we saw on “BBL.” Once again dancing for a second party, this time it seems a matter of life or death as he contorts across a table one on one with an increasingly disinterested object of affection. We’re taken to a mattress on a studio floor made with plastic tarps, not unlike the ones you’d see used to catch blood on any number of serial killer flicks.

Of the track, Rodney Chrome says, “I heard ‘More Than a Woman’ playing outside and it sparked something. Started with a sample, replicating the drums and getting into my production bag. Then the writing flow hit. underscores up-produced and pushed it into this futuristic R&B sound. The song didn’t even have a bridge before underscores got involved. This one feels closest to the kind of sounds I grew up on.” 

Watch the official video for “Cyborg” here.

Complete with a beefy dancer masked in a branded “CHROME” hood, his recent COLORS performance was styled in legendary Pelle Pelle and underground streetwear brand, earthling; Rodney brought the creative wherewithal to inject his artistry into a previously formulaic stage. His self-assuredness oozes through the hanging mic with the crisp production. Rodney Chrome’s “BBL” COLORS perfomance is is out now, watch it HERE.

Rodney Chrome is confidence embodied, making mainstream-level pop music with all-encompassing approach. As a young Black queer artist, he has control and autonomy over every single creative detail of his work, from the full out choreography, to directing the lighting on his live performances, everything about what you see is Rodney Chrome-coded; it’d be impossible to mistake his artistry for anyone else’s. He’s setting an example of a strong sense of self and ambition for those in his communities.

Rodney has leapt bounds from his small town to gracing a billboard in Times Square; with fans at Paper, Billboard, V Mag, Metal, COLORS, Earmilk, COLORS, and more for his catchy, sexy, inventive pop, Rodney’s ascent to pop domination is inevitable. This unprecedented performance is just the start of an unboxing worthy of millions of eager eye and grimy, lusty, pop obsessed fingers to tear at. Stay tuned in and get ready to GO this October.