24kGoldn — Coco. An exclusive live performance for Vevo DSCVR ARTISTS TO WATCH 2021, an annual series highlighting those that are shaping the future of music.
It’s safe to say 24kGoldn was born to shine. His first name actually IS Golden, how’s that for starters? What’s more, at the age of 20, the alt-rapper has already gone platinum with “Mood,” his insanely catchy track with pal iann dior. As the story goes, the chart-topper was made offhand during a Call of Duty gaming sesh with Golden, iann, and producer pals Keegan Bach and Omer Fedi. “It was the first guitar riff that Omer played," Golden has said, «and without even thinking I started singing, “Why you always in a mood? Omer was like, ‘that’s fire.‘” It may sound like lightning in a bottle, but the sunny San Francisco native’s success comes as no surprise to Soundcloud users. Three years ago the indie community was showing love to Golden’s early and strong efforts “Valentino” and “Ballin’ Like Shareef,” the latter an eye-wink reference to both Shaquille O’Neill’s son and their Gen Z tribe. Where’d the musicality come from? Goldens mom tells a story of her son frequently using chopsticks as drumsticks on an upside-down yellow bucket. After that he did time in a local choir. In high school, an older friend told him about the availability of a studio. “The more music I made, the better it got, and the more people wanted to hear it.” Now his tracks have A-listers such as Justin Bieber and J Balvin hopping on remixes. The pandemic precluded a full band participating in our Artist To Watch performances, but that didn’t affect the musics energy. Golden and his pink-haired pal brought plenty of fire. Enjoy these live takes of “Mood” and “Coco.”
Executive Producer: Micah Bickham
Director: Priya Minhas
Producer: Averi Smith
Producer: Sacha Noelle
Director of Photography: Franklin Ricart
Editor: Ramy Elsokary
Music
Produced by Iconoclast
Executive Producer — Horace de Gunzbourg
Line Producer — Justine Sautrey
UK Producer — Alex Chamberlain
Production Manager — Tom O’Driscoll
Production Manager — Laura Thomas-Smith
1st AD — George Nelson
Rep — Hands London
Commissionner — Katie Dolan
Production Designer — Sarah Jenneson
Stylist Dua Lipa — Lorenzo Posocco
Stylist Angele — Samantha Gill
Costume Designer — Ameena Kara Callender
Make Up Dua Lipa — Nikki Wolff
Make Up Angele — Ophélie Secq
Hair — Anna Cofone
Choreographer — Charm La’Donna
Choreographer Assistant — Alex Clark
Casting — Road Casting
Casting — Hammond Cox
Locations — James Litchfield @ Charles Somers Locations
Post production — Poster
Editor — Roxane Faure
Colourist — Jason Wallis @ ETC
Post producer — David Lezaun
Special thanks to Tom Knight, Kate Sharp and Malachy McAnenny
Taken from the digital edition of Dua Lipas second studio album Future Nostalgia released in 2020, which featured the hit singles Dont Start Now, Physical, Break My Heart, Hallucinate
At first you will find
A prophecy of what could have been you know
(YOU KNOW)
You know there’s all sorts of crap on the TV these days
Now you won’t live after
Such disaster you’re a lot full of smashed up cars
Cross hatched in the metal when you’re cracking up
But you’re part of the pack, pup
You’re part of something bigger than the laws of nature
Mrs. Thatcher
Your cruel heart navigates the world we live in
With its anger
Going nowhere, coming atcha
Rapture in my head
I keep looking up like I’m already dead
Rapture, oh my lord
I been playing catch-up
I’m already bored
Lalalalala
God tell me I sure am on the list
How can you make yourself so scarce from someone you love
Oh it don’t make sense
Your love is never better than the morning after
(Morning after)
Mother Nature, coming atcha
Rapture in my head
I keep looking up like I’m already dead
Rapture, oh my lord
I’ve been playing catch-up
I’m already bored
Rapture in my head
I keep looking up like I’m already dead
Rapture, oh my lord
I’ve been playing catch-up
I’m already bored
Cause it’s rapture in my head
You say this is up
I’m already dead
Rapture in my head
You say this is up
I’m already dead
songs that will bring you back to summer 15 — 18
SUMMER NOSTALGIA
Time stamps:
00:00 — Are you with me
01:31 — Adele Hello
03:23 — Alan Walker [DARK-SIDE]
04:18 — Axwell /\ Ingrosso [More than you know]
05:44 — Bebe Rexha [im a mess]
06:53 — Cardi B [i like it]
08:06 — Clean Bandit — Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)
09:20 — DNCE — Cake By The Ocean
10:35 — Dua Lipa — New Rules
11:50 — Sia — Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf
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