The latest offering from slowthai features a collaboration with Skepta to bring about ‘CANCELLED’. The fierce track is accompanied with an engaging video that references all the classic 90’s horror movies – American Psycho, The Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman, Silence Of The Lambs and more. ‘CANCELLED’ is the latest single from slowthai which will appear on his upcoming second album, ‘TYRON.’
The collaboration with Skepta produces an intense track with a thick beat speaking to cancel culture. Skepta enters with the prominent hook, stating ‘How you gonna cancel me? / twenty awards on the mantle piece / pyramid stage at Glastonbury / Girls in the crowd got their hands on me.’ In a press release, the new single was described as “a mirror held up to the modern phenomenon of cancel culture … [which] doesn’t shy away from being a bold and urgent response to those who tried to tear him down.”
The music video includes lots of 90’s slasher flicks and spoof of the Budweiser ‘wassup?’ advert. Having a comedic spin on the classic ‘Hey Paul?!’ moment in American Psycho, slowthai shamelessly advertises his own upcoming album – TYRON – stating it is his ‘most accomplished album’ and that ‘CANCELLED’ is ‘so catchy but people probably don’t listen to the lyrics’. This only makes the listener intently listen to slowthai’s rap. The video, directed by THE REST, only goes on to show more references to the classic horrors, with slowthai in a Freddy Krueger jumper and Skepta dressed up as The Candyman. The duo also performed the track on The Jimmy Fallon Show last week, keeping up the scary visuals and 90s horror film references during their live performance.
Slowthai has released multiple singles for upcoming album TYRON, which will be released this Friday, February 12th. Tracks such as ‘nhs’, ‘MAZZA’ and ‘feel away’ have already been well received increasing the anticipation for the awaited album, with collabs from A$AP Rocky, James Blake and Mount Kimbie. In a press release, the album was described as having a clear message – ‘every human makes mistakes but the most beneficial outcome is to pause, step back, reflect, learn and grow.’ Speaking to Rolling Stone, slowthai stated that the albums influences come from Alex Turner and Jay-Z as well as Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.
Check out the ‘CANCELLED’ video below and try to spot all the 90’s horror film references.
