Mykki Blanco – “Loner” (Feat. Jean Deaux)

Mykki Blanco – “Loner” (Feat. Jean Deaux)

Queer rapper Mykki Blanco is set to drop his self-titled full-length in a little less than two weeks. It’s a good thing he decided to keep making music instead of pursuing investigative journalism, because the album is shaping up to be a good one. We’ve already heard “High School Never Ends” and “The Plug Won’t,” and both of those were bangers in their own right.

Today, Blanco shares “Loner,” a stirring contrast of vulnerability over a hard, trap-leaning beat laced with zooming synths. He shares his feelings of loneliness and self-deprecation through raw, melodic sing-song cadences with a haunting aesthetic that captures that very human feeling that no one else in this world gets you. Here’s what Blanco had to reveal about the track:

“Loner” is a song about misunderstanding – and more than misunderstanding it’s a song about a universal feeling of not feeling worthy enough, not feeling good enough. We as a human race go through so much and yet rarely are able to share our pain, our compromises. People only know a party persona when it comes to Mykki Blanco, with this album and with this song I want them to know who I am on the inside.

Listen.

Tracklist:

01 “I’m In A Mood”
02 “Loner” feat. Jean Deaux
03 “High School Never Ends”
04 “Interlude 1″
05 “My Nene”
06 “The Plug Won’t”
07 “Hideaway” feat. Jeremiah Meece
08 “Interlude 2″
09 “You Don’t Know Me”
10 “Fendi Band”
11 “For The Cunts”
12 “Shit Talking Creep”
13 “Rock N Roll Dough”

Tour dates:

09/15 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMoca
09/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
09/17 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
09/22 Paris, FR @ RBMA Festival
09/23 Rennes, FR @ Ubu
09/24 Nantes, FR @ Festival Scopitone
09/29 Bordeaux, FR @ iBoat
09/30 Lyon, FR @ Le Sucre
10/04 Brighton, UK @ Patterns
10/05 London, UK @ XOYO
10/06 Bristol, UK @ Exchange
10/07 Sheffield, UK @ The Harley
10/08 Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
10/12 Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg

Mykki is out 9/16 on !K7. Pre-order it here.

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