pretty kitten (single)
After a critically acclaimed debut EP supported by Pitchfork, The FADER, COLORS, Pigeons & Planes, and BBC 1Xtra, Dua Saleh returns with a powerful new single produced by FnZ (A$AP Rocky, Denzel Curry, Kanye West). On Friday, Dec 6, 2019 - "pretty kitten" will be launched via the first ever fan-generated music video entirely made of Instagram face filters accessible on Dua Saleh's IG page. On release day, fans will be invited to interact with four immersive AR face filters and submit clips via DMs for a chance to be featured in the official music video one week later.
pretty kitten releases Dec 6, 2019 on AGAINST GIANTS
It’s tempting to describe Dua Saleh as a natural. An artist who only began recording music two years ago isn’t supposed to sing with such infectious bravado and haunting gloom. Yet to say Dua, who identifies as gender non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns, has arrived fully-formed on their first ever EP project titled “Nūr” - (pronounced “noor” - meaning “the light” in Arabic). They may have just decided to try songwriting, but they’ve spent their life working across divisions: borders, mediums, identities, and protest lines.
It’s Dua Saleh’s fluidity of sound, form, and self-presentation that makes them so enlivening. Their vocal range is elastic, floating from an elegant purr into an unvarnished, guttural growl, and then back again at a moment’s notice. Their writing can be dreamy, but more often plumbs the soul, pricking deep with a poet’s precision and showing the scars that remain. To listen to Dua Saleh is to hear, in real time, someone fight for the right to define themselves for themselves.
“pretty kitten”
(single)
Available everywhere Dec 6, 2019
