Noname Releases New Song on New Year’s Day
"Song 31" features production from Chicago producer Phoelix
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Noname has fulfilled her promise to share new music following her run of sold-out New Year’s Eve shows in Chicago by releasing “Song 31,” her first new song since the release of Room 25, which we at Paste ranked among 2018’s best hip-hop albums (not to mention its best albums, period).
Song 31 out now pic.twitter.com/0qUq8PLD7h
— Noname (@noname) January 1, 2019
The song is as festive as the Chicago rapper is willing to get, calling out the capitalistic origins of Christmastime and all that it entails. “I sell pain for profit, not propaganda / I know cancer’s origin linked to Santa / I know Santa’s origins linked to money / Mass production of cattle / Slaughtering for the yummy,” she raps over smooth-soul beats from producer Phoelix.
Noname will be embarking on her Room 25 tour today, Jan. 2, with a performance at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Mich.