Thursday, March 17, 2016

IIRIS "Hope"

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IIRIS

IIRIS was born and raised in Estonia, but is currently part of the creative community that surrounds Goldsmiths in London.

Exploring new ways of communicating, her blissed out take on electronic pop is half hauntological, and half future-facing.

New cut 'Hope' is online now, and it comes equipped with some staggering visuals. A pared down slow jam, the video was created and directed by IIRIS herself.

"It's a very judgmental world out there, that's why I've made this video of my true feelings in the safety of my room, where I can be free of immediate judgement. So that I could acknowledge my feelings first without judgement to seek clarity and independence. For isn't it weak to fall to lust? Isn't it considered weak to let yourself get what you want instead of sticking with the grand plan? The video is a digital love letter to that someone I shouldn't have wanted. It's a video diary where I lay out my sensual feelings. I've never sent it to him. You can see me split into two or more representations of myself as my repressed emotions start to colour my world."

Check it out now.

'Hope' is part of a new EP that will be released on March 25th.

JUST JOHN ft. Pheona "Mediocre"

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After teasing the LP last year, Toronto rapper Just John's long-awaited Renaissance Boy is slated for an early 2016 release. But before the project drops, Pirate Radio has your first look at the video for the Pheona-featuring album cut "Mediocre."

Teaming up once again with director/editor Frocasso, the video shows John being launched into a life-sized doll house. After taking a minute to get comfortable with his surroundings, the figures he finds himself amongst come to life, though it might have all been a nothing more than a strange dream in the end.

Quite the opposite of its title, you can watch the video for "Mediocre" in the player below.

ILOVEMAKONNEN "Live For Real"

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While yesterday (March 15), ILOVEMAKONNEN was praising the concept of hanging out "Solo," he's brought a full team of riders along with him in the next preview from his about-to-be-released Drink More Water 6 project. A new video for the record's "Live for Real" is online now.

Claiming he'll sleep when he's dead, a juiced-up ILOVEMAKONNEN is found whipping through streets on motorbikes, hopping around smoked-out parking garages with snarling pups and enjoying spit sessions by a pool with a band of bros.

Sitting somewhere between a hip-hop vid and a Fox motocross advertisement, the video for ILOVEMAKONNEN's new, snapped-and-clapped cut can be found below.

As previously reported, Drink More Water 6 arrives in full this Friday (March 18) through Warner Bros.

BACKSTAGE with Kym Ellery

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Australian designer Kym Ellery showcased her new Autumn collection in Paris at Palais de Tokyo’s Galerie Haut.

Photographed by Kimberley Ross.

RAFA COSENTINO by Mr. Jose

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Reuniting with the sun.

“I come from a country where it is sunny every day. Now I live in London which is the complete opposite. I wanted to celebrate that I was back to light, playing with natural lights and summer outfits in Cape Town.” Photographer Mr.Jose photographed model Rafa in this exclusive story for Pirate Radio nurturing our need for light as well.