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NOGA EREZ, ROUSSO, REO CRAGUN VIEWS

Noga Erez is a Tel-Aviv based singer, songwriter and electronic producer who forges potent atmospheres with with synths and indigenous beats, energised by her surroundings. She's back with new single 'VIEWS' featuring a verse from Reo Cragun and vocals from long time collaborator and friend ROUSSO. It's the first glimpse into her upcoming second album due for release later this year. A creepy melody introduces the song, followed by ROUSSO's deadpan, but catchy vocals "people buy views, I know it's old news but also bad news for everybody people buy views, I know it's old news but I got bad news for everybody holy water is no juice, but I know us jews we don't like to lose to anybody". The production is big, bouncy and funk-heavy thanks to the synths, tight drum groove and processed vocals. Erez says of the new single, "In my verse, I tried to voice that insecurity that can lead to people faking or buying views to portray an appearance of success. I wanted to relate to that feeling, not criticise. We thought it would be more interesting to have a counter perspective to mine so we reached out to Reo and he came back with his magnifying verse about (as I understand it) how this sort of stuff comes back to haunt you in the end." -Ellie Rose-Davies

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