Yaeji is back with a new single and music video, ‘ddr’, released through XL Recordings.
It’s a club track inspired by Chicago footwork, made with her collaborators Enayet and K Wata, two longtime figures of New York City’s underground community.
The title is short for Dance Dance Revolution, and the track’s frenetic pulse and invitation to “dance it all away” are, she says, about movement as healing and not escapism. The video, directed by Giseong Jun, pairs the rhythms of footwork with the movement and visual language of the arcade game.
It follows a run of singles and collaborations since her album With A Hammer, including remixing ATEEZ’s ‘In Your Fantasy’ and a double single with Balming Tiger.
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Her next project is said to explore personal transformation, collective belonging and hope, through the lens of an unfolding rail journey, and this feels like the start of it:
Listen to ‘ddr’ or watch the video.
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
