Last month, UK rapper Slowthai announced his third studio album, UGLY, which will arrive on March 3, 2023, and features contributions from Ethan P. Flynn, Jockstrap’s Taylor Skye, guitarist Beabadoobee Jacob Bugden, drummer Liam Toon, and Fontaines D.C. on the title track. Now Slowthai is sharing another single from the album.
The new track, which features Shygirl on backing vocals, comes with a video that captures the reactions of Slowthai fans hearing the song for the first time as well as meeting a surprise guest. Feel Good is an upbeat, punky number about lifting yourself up when people feeling down. The track also features production from Kwes Darko alongside Sega Bodega, providing a pounding, bass-heavy backdrop.
For the music video, Slowthai did a call out to his fans to be featured, resulting in over 4000 UK submissions last year. In the end, 35 were selected, and Slowthai and his team headed to their homes up and down the country to shoot the video. Initially starting out as what appears to be a standard track reaction, the rapper sneaks into the shot, surprising each of them with his appearance.
I’m so happy that it hurts deep in my insides,
Yeah, it feels so good when you feel alive.
Tears of a clown every time I cry,
Weren’t happy livin’ life like someone died.
The first album was the sound of where I’m from and everything I thought I knew. The second album is what was relevant to me at that moment in time, the present. And this album is completely me – about how I feel and what I want to be… it’s everything I’ve been leading up to.
UGLY (an acronym for U Gotta Love Yourself) is being billed as an album of rediscovery for Slowthai.
Rapper said in a press release –
People see you as a character. They don’t actually know who you are. You’re stereotyped as the nutter who gets in his boxers. It doesn’t matter what or who people think you are, you’ve just got to stay true and respect yourself.
Slowthai is heading back out on tour this month, returning to the pub tour format that he last did back in 2019 for the release of his debut Nothing Great About Britain. Playing at pubs in towns and cities like Blackpool and Sunderland, tickets will be available for only £1, giving fans a chance to see an extremely gig.
