Girlies and demons, assemble: Charli XCX's protégé and Exclaim! New Faves alum ELIO has announced her next project and shared the first song written for the collection.
The future-pop star announced today via Rolling Stone that she has a new mixtape called ELIO'S INFERNO set to release on August 5. It follows her previous pair of EPs — 2020's u and me, but mostly me, 2021's Can You Hear Me Now? and the subsequent remix collection ELIO and Friends: The Remixes; a prolific rate for keeping pace with streaming algorithms amid the pandemic.
Latest cut "I LUV MY BRAIN!" comes after a slew of previous singles slated for inclusion on the mixtape: "Vitamins," "Read the Room" and "TYPECAST."
"It's about learning to appreciate my brain for all that it does and allows me to do, while also acknowledging that it can be a bit difficult a lot of the time," ELIO said of the track, which embraces some sparkling early-2000s R&B textures and rhythmic sensibilities, culminating in a loving refrain perfectly primed for singalongs.
She added: "I've had a constant battle with my thoughts and my feelings because they set me back in so many things, but they also allow me to be creative in so many ways. I really wouldn't be where I am without it being the way that it is — sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes that's a bad thing, but I think I'm getting to the point of accepting it."
Hear "I LUV MY BRAIN!" below (c'mon, it's what your therapist would want), where you'll also find the ELIO'S INFERNO tracklist.
ELIO'S INFERNO:
1. inferno
2. TYPECAST
3. new and improved
4. SUPERIMPOSE
5. 9 Lives
6. Vitamins
7. Read the Room
8. I LUV MY BRAIN!
9. Godly Behaviour
10. Off my chest
The future-pop star announced today via Rolling Stone that she has a new mixtape called ELIO'S INFERNO set to release on August 5. It follows her previous pair of EPs — 2020's u and me, but mostly me, 2021's Can You Hear Me Now? and the subsequent remix collection ELIO and Friends: The Remixes; a prolific rate for keeping pace with streaming algorithms amid the pandemic.
Latest cut "I LUV MY BRAIN!" comes after a slew of previous singles slated for inclusion on the mixtape: "Vitamins," "Read the Room" and "TYPECAST."
"It's about learning to appreciate my brain for all that it does and allows me to do, while also acknowledging that it can be a bit difficult a lot of the time," ELIO said of the track, which embraces some sparkling early-2000s R&B textures and rhythmic sensibilities, culminating in a loving refrain perfectly primed for singalongs.
She added: "I've had a constant battle with my thoughts and my feelings because they set me back in so many things, but they also allow me to be creative in so many ways. I really wouldn't be where I am without it being the way that it is — sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes that's a bad thing, but I think I'm getting to the point of accepting it."
Hear "I LUV MY BRAIN!" below (c'mon, it's what your therapist would want), where you'll also find the ELIO'S INFERNO tracklist.
ELIO'S INFERNO:
1. inferno
2. TYPECAST
3. new and improved
4. SUPERIMPOSE
5. 9 Lives
6. Vitamins
7. Read the Room
8. I LUV MY BRAIN!
9. Godly Behaviour
10. Off my chest