Malaki & Lucy McWilliams hook up on the bright laid-back and impressive 'Fair Play'

Malaki is a rising Dublin artist who has caught our ears in the last year or so.

We featured the 19-year-old hip-hop and spoken word artist’s ‘Cuppa Tea’ last May and he followed that up with the Butterfly Boy EP before 2019’s time was up.

For his first track of 2020, Malaki hooks up with Berlin-based Dublin vocalist Lucy McWilliams for ‘Fair Play’, a laid-back tune of bright proportions. It’s got a lovely interplay between both performers.

The single is the first of five collaborations to be released over the course of five weeks during this isolation period, under the project title Cocoon.

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Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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