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Today Princess Nokia – aka shapeshifting New York emcee Destiny Frasqueri – has dropped her new emo-inspired mixtape A Girl Cried Red digitally on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, as well as a video co-directed with longterm collaborator Milah Libin for ‘Your Eyes Are Bleeding‘ from the release.
Princess Nokia has been releasing music via Youtube and Soundcloud since she was in High School and catapulted herself to the next level with last year’s critically acclaimed rap opus 1992 Deluxe – selling out venues across the globe and steadily gaining tens of millions of streams.
“Black people created punk – the band Death was way before The Ramones,” Destiny stated in a recent interview. “If you think about it, the wool has been pulled over our eyes. This is our shit. Very naturally, that’s why we return to it.” Drawing on influences as varied as the introverted acoustic sounds of Elliott Smith to the bombastic pop-punk energy of Paramore – A Girl Cried Red showcases another fully-formed side of Destiny that still taps into the uncompromising feminist ideology of Princess Nokia.
Purchase / Stream A Girl Cried Red: https://princessnokia.lnk.to/
Princess Nokia – A Girl Cried Red is out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control
Rough Trade Records and Remote Control Records are pleased to announce the signing of Princess Nokia. To celebrate, she has released a brand new track and video for ‘G.O.A.T’. This is the first time her music has been available on streaming services other than SoundCloud and YouTube.
Princess Nokia is the best-known project of New Yorker Destiny Frasqueri. She’s been rapping and releasing tracks on YouTube and SoundCloud since high school, originally under the name of Wavy Spice, adopting the ‘Princess Nokia’ moniker in 2013, and releasing albums Metallic Butterfly, Honey Suckle and 1992 in the following years.
She has built up a massive fan base over the last few years, with her videos and albums getting millions of streams and views.
Princess Nokia’s never ending tour continues for the rest of the year, dates for which can be found here. Her global fan base won’t surprise anyone who’s been to one of her live shows. From her beginning cries of “girls to the front”, a Princess Nokia show is an unparalleled experience.
“My Live Show is a lotta fun, I mean it’s a real vibe – something out of this world…. I have been playing sold out tours since I released the album on my website, I’ve gotta to say, I’m blessed. Every city has …. a crowd of young kids that love my music…. I have girls that cry and throw roses in the front. Straight men who come with their friends and scream every lyric from every song …I show up for them and rip that mic so they leave feeling inspired and happy, It’s a great time.”
Princess Nokia – ‘G.O.A.T.’
Stream / Purchase: https://RemoteControl.lnk.to/PrincessNokia
Princess Nokia – ‘G.O.A.T.’ is out now
via Rough Trade / Remote Control