MUKI SHARES HYPNOTIC NEW SINGLE 'LEVEL MIND FUCK' + VIDEO OUT NOW
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Sydney based future-pop artist Muki has dropped her new single ‘Level Mind Fuck’ from an upcoming body of work set for a 2021 release.
Sonically and visually inspired by Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner, ‘Level Mind Fuck’ offers a glimpse into the Mukiverse - a futuristic soundscape that pairs glitchy bubble pop with unapologetic tongue-in-cheek lyricism. Wittingly sneak in sound effects from everyday life and you have pop music in its most advanced form, or in this case, you have Muki.
“When I originally wrote Level Mind Fuck, it was about a very vulnerable moment in my life, but when I went back to refine it with Sam (Sakr), it took on another meaning entirely. I hope that everyone who listens to it feels like a badass!” shares Muki.
Alongside ‘Level Mind Fuck’ Muki shares a striking one-minute visual accompaniment that further accentuates the dystopian future inside the Mukiverse. Set in a chromatic state, the singer finds herself in a compromising situation when her master plan goes awry…
but maybe this is what she wants you to think?
Redefining the traditional pop structure, ‘Level Mind Fuck’ came to fruition from an Instagram photo of Muki in an elevator in LA and then developed into two parts unofficially with producers and co-writers Sam Sakr (Sarah Aarons, G Flip) and George Nicholas (Cosmos Midnight, George Maple).
Muki explains the song’s design, “It almost feels as though it’s two songs stuck together, but it’s meant to feel like by the second half of the song you’re on a new level...We also wanted to leave a little golden nugget for listeners, so we added in an elevator sound between the two levels, as a little homage to the humble beginnings of the idea for the song!”
The last 12 months have seen Muki showcase her immense songwriting talents on cuts with Briggs, PACES, The Veronicas and Jessica Mauboy, garnering the pop savant two ARIA Award Nominations for her work on Jessica Mauboy’s #1 record Hilda and Briggs’ Always Was EP. It was these efforts that captured the attention of international/UK based management company Tribe, who has been working closely with Muki in establishing her as an Australian pop-heavyweight. Muki also hit our TV screens on the latest episode of The Sound performing alongside Briggs for his latest single ‘Good Morning’.
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Bursting onto the scene with her debut single ‘Sassaparilla’, Muki amassed a legion of fans especially among the media who praised the young artist for her ‘forward-thinking pop’ positioning her as ‘Australia’s Pop Princess’ (Pilerats). A successful string of singles and the release of her debut EP It Won't Hurt landed Muki support with 5 Seconds of Summer on their Australian arena tour.
‘LEVEL MIND FUCK’ OUT NOW
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