Noted pacifist and “Cutie pie, Truthteller, Bitch” lyricist Azealia Banks has released a video accompanying her unauthorised remix of annoying viral song, Baauer’s ‘Harlem Shake.’
In a not at all surprising turn of events – and certainly a tired one at that – Banks was embroiled in one of her characteristic Twitter tête-à-tête’s with Baauer yesterday after the Brooklyn producer had her cover of his ubiquitous aural fart [cocc]blocked from Soundcloud at his request.
“Why you coccblockin tho??? Lmaoooooo,” enquired Banks, ever-inquisitive, laughing her ass off.
“Cause its not ur song lol,” replied Baauer through audible fits of laughter.
“You’re a pussy. You don’t belong in hip-hop. [You’re a] faggoot,” said Ms. Banks, who proceeded to ruminate on the semantics of the word ‘faggot’ and its etymological significance, not unlike fellow twittymologist, Kanye West.
Then with a tingling of his spider senses, noted rock-bottom dweller, Perez Hilton, saw fit to chime in unannouced, chiding the Harlem native for being “better known for all your trash-talking than your music… #TeamBaauer.”
To which Banks replied, “[Perez Hilton is an] evil faggot.” You can imagine in which direction it went from there [downhill]. #smh
Applying a soothing topical ointment of rock salt to this festering cultural wound, Banks this morning released a video accompanying her purportedly unsanctioned remix of Baauer’s ‘Harlem Shake.’ Banks’ video is an aberrant strand of an Internet virus that apparently originated in Queensland and is currently choking newsfeeds worldwide. Directed by Rony Alwin, the video features Banks’ characteristic mermaid weave, a Hello Kitty hairbrush and a nice pair of Acne jeans.
For the blissfully ignorant, the ‘Harlem Shake’ is a thing that people are doing on the Internet, featuring a style of ‘dance’ that has nothing to do with the original Harlem Shake. Each video features a (usually) masked person jerking uncontrollably and unaccompanied in a room (usually a corporate office or dorm room) full of seemingly oblivious and preoccupied souls who, when the bass drops, will be struck down with an incurable case of The Dance – twerking, working, and expressing themselves – for a good fifteen seconds before a slow-motion fade brings them back to earth and a crude re-awakening of their sense[s].
‘Harlem Shake,’ the actual single about corn terrorists or something, is currently Number 1 on the Australian, US and Canadian iTunes charts. Azealia Banks will appear at this year’s Future Music Festival and on Friday announced that she would be performing two sideshows.
Her EP, “YUNG RAPUNXEL,” has been set-back in its release a dozen, maybe two dozen, times.
via Pitchfork
