Yaeji – With A Hammer Release Date: 7th April 2023 Dreamt up across New York, London and Seoul, With A Hammer sees Yaeji contending with a lifetime\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth of both societal and self-imposed repression. The resulting 13-track full-length from the producer, vocalist, DJ, visual-artist and creative director is an exploration of shapeshifting sonics – blending Yaeji\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original dance music roots with Korean indie rock, electronica and pop from the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc90s and early 2000s. With A Hammer follows Yaeji\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey as she wades through the murkiness of sorrow and doubt and releases the frenzy of anger, with the help of a metaphorical hammer – Hammer Lee – which she wields to smash the rigid rules, expectations, and barriers that have prevented her from speaking her fullest truth. Through this transformative process she eventually meets the thrilling self-determination and hope that awaits on the other side, and invites her listeners and fans to do the same. Yaeji enlisted some close friends to join her on the record as features, including British musician Loraine James, up and coming Baltimore singer Nourished By Time, plus NYC-based producers K Wata, Enayet from Yaeji\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s extended crew SLINK NYC. Yaeji once again floats back and forth between English and Korean to convey what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on her heart with the utmost sincerity. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in this sincerity, deep care and awareness that Yaeji is seen in the U.S. and Korea as a musical renegade who has carved out her own world that exists in-between the traditional and conventional, the personal and the universal. After breaking out with her 2017 debut EPs that featured singles \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Raingurl\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Drink I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Sippin On,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yaeji featured on Charli XCX\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2019 album Charli, produced remixes for Dua Lipa, and Robyn, collaborated with the beloved Seoul-based polymath OHHYUK for stand-alone singles \u00e2\u20ac\u015329\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Year to Year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, headlined her own and festival stages around the world, and launched her bespoke lifestyle webstore JI-MART. Born in Flushing, Queens in 1993, she has roots in Seoul, Tokyo, Atlanta, and New York City, all serving as the backdrop for her singular, hybrid-sound that synthesizes influences of Korean indie rock and electronica, late \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc90s and early 2000s hip hop and R&B, and leftfield bass and techno. With her critically-acclaimed 2020 mixtape WHAT WE DREW \u00ec\u0161\u00b0\u00eb\u00a6\u00ac\u00ea\u00b0\u20ac \u00ea\u00b7\u00b8\u00eb\u00a0\u00a4\u00ec\u2122\u201d\u00eb\u008d\u02dc, she sharpened her vision as a musician who is creatively unbounded by language and geography, leading to collaborations with timeless entities such as PAC-MAN. Named by Pitchfork as one of the \u00e2\u20ac\u015325 Artists Shaping the Future of Music\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in 2022, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also graced the cover of Crack, The FADER, MixMag, and Burdock, among others, and has been featured in programming at the V&A Museum, Serpentine Gallery, and MoMA PS1. Her highly anticipated debut album, With A Hammer, sees Yaeji excavating her inner world with full force, smashing everything in order to build it back up into the true visions of her dreams. Tracklisting: Submerge FM For Granted Fever Passed Me By With A Hammer I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Remember For Me, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Remember For You Done (Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Get It) Ready or Not Michin Away x5 Happy 1 Thing To Smash Be Alone In This<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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