Song You Need: Bktherula channels her inner Boosie
13.02.2023 - 17:58
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The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Bktherula can’t be contained.
At 20, she’s far too restless to be boxed into a single subgenre. The 20-year-old Atlanta emcee lulls you with melodic runs one minute only to pummel you with pulverizing bars the next. Her new song, “PSSYONFT” — which follows “Tan” as the second single from her forthcoming LVL 5, Pt.
1 EP — is firmly in the latter camp, packed with jittery jabs and emphatic body blows that will leave you sore after your first listen. Still, the sub-two-minute track’s energy is so contagious you’ll be ready for a second round as soon as the beat fades out. Read Next: Watch Bktherula’s “TAN” video Though one could easily be confused by the stylization of its name, “PSSYONFT” is has nothing to do with cryptocurrency.
Instead, its title is a truncated version of its main refrain: “Yeah, hoe, show that pussy on FaceTime.” It’s an undeniably forward request, backed up by all the bravado in the world, recalling some of Boosie Badazz’s most memorable early-lockdown antics. Luckily, the sentiment feels less sleazy from Bk than it did from the 40-year-old Baton Rouge veteran. Elsewhere in the song, Bk is equally outrageous.
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