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Rejjie Snow’s link-up with Aminé and Kaytranada is a wavy and wistful jam

A first taste of Dear Annie.

January 16, 2018

In an interview with The FADER last year, Dublin rapper Rejjie Snow said that he wanted his debut album Dear Annie to feel “like a movie.” The first single, “Egyptian Luvr,” a wavy funk-leaning jam produced by Kaytranada, has the warm tones of an Super 8 gem ‘70s. As well as Rejjie’s melodic, easy-feeling flow and an agile verse from Portland’s Aminé, L.A. artist Dana Williams guests on the sweetly wistful hook — one that will be stuck in your head all week. “Stay up till sunrise / wipe the tears from your eyes / leave it in the past,” she sings.

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In an email to The FADER, Rejjie explained: “The song is about your last moments. Tomorrow isn’t promised and we learn this the hard way. In this song, I was in my last moments [of a relationship], telling my girl how much I love her, and thank you for this journey we rode. My album has lots of different feelings: I wanted it to feel like you’re slowing dying and losing your mind throughout.”

Listen to “Egyptian Luvr” below; Dear Annie is out on February 16 via 300/Honeymoon.

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