The time has come to crank it once more. Slayyyter released “Crank 2” on Thursday (Sept. 10), a sequel to “Crank,” the spring single that helped make Wor$t Girl in America her breakthrough, with a self-directed video full of her classic imagery, per Pitchfork.
The original warned listeners not to get her angry. The follow-up is the consequence. Rolling Stone calls it “a little more sinister and infinitely more pissed off,” over clattering production and a militant, monochromatic video.
The inverse album
“Crank 2” is the second release from what Rolling Stone describes as the inverted, extended universe of Wor$t Girl in America, tentatively titled Wor$t Man in America. It follows August’s “Brand New Chanel$,” a flip of “Beat Up Chanel$” that Pitchfork says reimagines the original’s electroclash as big-room EDM recession pop. The video, per Pitchfork, drops hints about the rumored album. Fellow pop outsider Shygirl announced her own album the same day.
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Slayyyter told Rolling Stone earlier this year that the companion project was about staying in the moment:
I want to live here for a little longer, so I’m kind of making an inverse album, if you will.
Slayyyter, to Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone
Why it matters
Slayyyter has said she first expected Wor$t Girl in America to be a final sendoff after years of trying to break through. “I was so depressed while making a lot of it, and I felt so hopeless,” she told Rolling Stone, imagining it “probably won’t go anywhere.” Instead it has become a run: new songs every few weeks and a tour that keeps going.
What’s next
She is in the middle of the Wor$t Girl in America tour, which continues through the fall and includes a show later this month at the All Things Go Festival, per Pitchfork. No release date has been announced for Wor$t Man in America.
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