Watch Bktherula’s “TAN” video

A new one from the Atlanta rapper’s upcoming project LVL 5, PT. 1

January 27, 2023

Bktherula is back with her first new solo song since gracing The FADER's GEN F profile series. "TAN" rides a beat equal part cyberpunk and SpaceGhostPurrp, with BK matching the distorted menace in her boisterous lyrics that stress her authority over everyone else in the room. The music video acts like Bktherula's own episode of Cribs, if she lived on a boat docked somewhere deep in a remote waterfront suburb. Watch above. BKtherula's new tap LVL 5, PT. 1 drops February 17 via Warner.

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Posted: January 27, 2023

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