There was a regrettable lack of constant, persistent hand-clapping in Sia’s “Clap Your Hands,” the second single from the Australian singer’s upcoming We Are Born. In his remix, Diplo focuses on hand-claps, and adds some “Pon De Floor“-esque pitch-shifting. It takes it in a seedy direction, especially compared to the fun-house-party feel of the original.
We Are Born is out 6/22 via Monkey Puzzle/Jive Records. She’s currently on tour in North America:
04/26 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
04/28 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
04/30 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
05/01 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
05/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
05/04 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/05 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Ballroom
05/06 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
05/07 – Richmond, VA @ The National
05/08 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head
The original “Clap Your Hands” has a video that’s as cutesy/crazy as the press photo above:
[Photo by RJ Shaughnessy]
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Not sure she’s big with the Stereogum demo, but no one slag her off too hard. My 8-yr-old loves Sia after she saw her do “The Girl You Lost to Cocaine” on Conan O’Brien (he used to have a show). Sia is a delightful little Oz nutball!
I interviewed her last year and she IS a total nutball. But a really sweet one. I had a lot of fun talking to her. Her music isn’t really what I like, but I forgive her. Because she was so nice.
rams head is in baltimore, not annapolis