yergurl Reintroduces Herself With ‘Puppy Dog’
YERGURL SHARES NEW SINGLE
‘PUPPY DOG’
21-year-old artist and producer yergurl welcomes in a new era with the single and video ‘PUPPY DOG‘, following its first play on triple j. An adrenaline-fuelled, rap-inspired cut which exemplifies her trademark wit and no holds barred attitude, ‘PUPPY DOG’ is a bold reintroduction to yergurl’s world, showcasing ferocious energy and slamming, bass-heavy production.
Describing the track, yergurl shares; ‘PUPPY DOG is about a lot of things. Primarily, it’s a “f*** you” to fake people who try to fly around your circle and ride on your back for their own benefit; people who make fun of you to others but try to be your bestie to benefit themselves. But it’s also a song I wrote hoping I’d empower others, especially my girlies. When I wrote this song I was sick to death of feeling like I had to make myself smaller, keep my mouth shut, be more mysterious, be humble and stay a young girl rather than a woman. I’m saying I’m a woman now – I’m loud, I’m proud and I won’t sit the f*** down.’ Complimenting the raucous energy of the track, ‘PUPPY DOG’ arrives alongside an incredible music video directed by frequent collaborator Charles Buxton-Leslie (G Flip, MAY-A).
A brash, violent escapade with her two sidekicks, the visuals see the trio in a number of industrial locations, complete with leather, chains and dog masks.
WATCH ‘PUPPY DOG’ OFFICIAL VIDEO
‘PUPPY DOG’ marks a new dawn for the yergurl movement – no more noise, no more inhibition, no more unwarranted advice – this is Fae’s time, and she’s taking no prisoners. She continues; ‘As an artist, I love making weird experimental shit, even if to others it doesn’t sound that weird, or it sounds super weird. ‘I’m still a pop artist at the end of the day, but pop is just an umbrella term and I can pull elements from anywhere. That’s what’s fun about writing my own music.’
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From a tiny bedroom in Bendigo, Australia, to the expansive stages of Groovin’ The Moo Festival, Fae Scott, known as yergurl, is one of Australia’s most exciting young artists. As someone who is ‘inspired by ‘moments’ in music, not so much particular artists, genres or even songs,’ creative enthusiasm has been in Fae’s blood since she was born; some of her earliest artistic memories were scribbling down short stories into a notebook with her twin sister, Marci, and creating little improvised songs on her Photo Booth app, until she entered the world of music production in her early teens.
It was only when Fae reached adolescence and discovered the magnetism of poetry that these little melodies started to develop into fully fleshed-out tracks. With a notebook clutched under one arm and a tiny Casio keyboard under the other, she learned that writing music was one of the best forms of expressing her feelings – especially when many of her songs detailed the complications of “obsession-inducing” heartbreaks with high school boyfriends.The pseudonym “yergurl” also began to float in circulation, named after a lyric Fae jotted down which read, “I’ll be yer gurl,” as an ode to a boyfriend. Soon, alongside a faithful pursuit in gaining more music production knowledge and laying down some fresh new demos, Fae shared the (now-deleted) Soundcloud track, ‘BLEED‘.
Not long after, Fae’s career began to take off in a big way. On her eighteenth birthday, she received the announcement that yergurl had been named a finalist in triple j’s Unearthed High. By the time January 2019 had rolled around, Fae had been signed to the record label, Future Classic, and was in the process of developing her debut EP, Love Bite. Written, recorded, produced and performed by Fae herself, Love Bite was a versatile assortment of new original songs including ‘Skateboard‘, an ethereal cover of Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya‘, and the Paper Magazine-premiered track ‘Girls Like Me‘.
In 2020 after the wake of her high school graduation, Fae wrote and developed one of her most musically advanced tracks yet, ‘until we meet again‘, praised by the likes of Slayyyter and NYLON Magazine, while earning high-rotation on triple j. This year will see Fae steadily continue to build her name as a vocalist, producer, and performer, and she’s here to tell you, she’s planning to come for 2022’s throat.
YERGURL ‘PUPPY DOG’ OUT NOW
Praise for yergurl
‘yergurl is on the rise with a brand of charming bedroom pop that will make you feel like a rebellious teen again’ – Paper Magazine
‘This young, Australian song-maker’s bedroom-pop goes turbo-speed on her yearning new single’ – Nylon
‘The vocals are so beautiful and bright and have so much emotion. I think is my favorite on this list, the chorus makes me want to cry.’ – Slayyyter
‘It’s a sound that’s dreamy, atmospheric, other worldy and heavily rooted in pop. It’s a fully immersive and emotive ride that has darkness, radiance and everything in between’ – triple j