Hip Hop Collective AG Club Share “KEVIN” Music Video, Join Denzel Curry on Tour

BAY AREA HIP HOP COLLECTIVE AG CLUB DROP EXPLOSIVE MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “KEVIN”
WATCH IT HERE!  

SET TO JOIN DENZEL CURRY ON TOUR THIS FALL

NEW ALBUM DUE THIS YEAR

(JULY 12, 2022 – LOS ANGELES, CA) Blazing a trail to the forefront of the culture, the Bay Area’s fastest rising supergroup AG Club uncover the music video for their new single “KEVIN” today. Watch the music video for “KEVIN” HERE and stream it at all DSPs HERE.

The group, led by Jody Fontaine and Baby Boy, notably conceptualized the video themselves alongside in-house director Ivan Collaco (CAJH) and consistent visual collaborator Neema Sadeghi. It unfolds like two movies conjoined by their airtight lyrical volley. In a cinematic claymation-style clip akin to an old nineties VHS tape, Jody transforms into a city-crushing devilish creature who stomps through the streets like Godzilla in sync with the beat, before crashing in on a board room meeting about the group themselves. Meanwhile, Baby Boy appears accompanied by a gothic choir who eerily nod in unison with Jody, giving you a look inside the belly of the beast and adding another dimension altogether to the video. You must see it to believe it.

“KEVIN” continues to put up numbers on streaming platforms. Around the release, LA Weekly spoke to the guys for an in-depth profile.

After recently wrapping up their first-ever European tour, which included sets at festivals like Wireless, AG Club have announced that they will join Denzel Curry for a new set of dates in North America this fall. After previously touring with Denzel (who referred to AG Club’s set as “an insane live show you have to look out for”) and Pusha T separately across the west coast this spring, the trek kicks off on September 16 at The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC, rolls through major markets on the East Coast and Midwest, and concludes on October 8 in Boston, MA at Roadrunner. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below and visit www.agcncsf.com to purchase tickets. View AG Club’s frenetic and cathartic live experience last year at The Novo in LA on YouTube  HERE.

“KEVIN” served as the follow-up to the group’s anthem “TRU RELIGION.” Earning critical acclaim, OnesToWatch christened it “unexpected in the best way possible” and further praised it as, “a nostalgic – dare I say – punk rock earworm that has arrived just in time for summer.” V Magazine raved, “The chorus is straight out of the ‘90s” and proclaimed, “this song was made for summer drives or dance parties.” Pigeons and Planes summed up fans’ collective feelings – simply, that they “can’t stop listening.” “TRU RELIGION” arrived on the heels of “MR. PUT IT ON.” Right out of the gate, the latter gathered 1.2 million Spotify streams and 413K YouTube views on the music video. Earning critical acclaim, HotNewHipHop hailed it as “an angsty, catchy adrenaline rush of a song,” and Attack The Culture added, “when you have a song and music video hitting as hard as ‘Mr. Put It On’ does, you can’t help but give it prime time positioning.”

AG Club have incited widespread acclaim since the release of their EP Halfway Off The Porch in 2020, which includes their breakthrough single “Memphis.” The headlines don’t lie. Highsnobiety raved, “AG Club is redefining the boy band,” and Complex exclaimed, “AG Club: Keeping the DIY Spirit Alive in Music.” i-D crowned them “the Bay Area music collective you wish you could join,” and FLAUNT noted, “AG Club / Not your average hip-hop group.” UPROXX also dubbed them, “The Youthful, Disruptive Rap Band You Need To Know,” while Pigeons & Planes named them a 2021 Artist to Watch. They packed dates on their 2021 headline run, “Fuck Your Expectations” Tour, and graced the bills of Lollapalooza, Day n Vegas, and more. Between Halfway Off The Porch and 2021 2-part album Fuck Your Expectations PT. 1 & 2, they’ve collaborated with names like A$AP Ferg, NLE Choppa, ICECOLDBISHOP and more.

It all paves the way for the group’s anxiously awaited 2022 project, coming soong.

TOUR DATES
9/16    Charlotte, NC        The Fillmore*
9/20    St. Louis, MO        The Pageant*
9/22    Milwaukee, WI        The Rave-Eagles Club*
9/24    St. Paul, MN          Palace Theater*
9/27    Royal Oak, MI        Royal Oak Music Theatre*
9/30    Cleveland, OH        Agora Theatre & Ballroom*
10/1    Columbus, OH        KEMBA Live!*
10/4    Silver Spring, MD    The Fillmore Silver Spring*
10/6    New York, NY        Terminal 5*
10/7    Philadelphia, PA    The Fillmore Philadelphia*
10/8    Boston, MA            Roadrunner*

*With Denzel Curry
ABOUT AG CLUB:
More heads will always be better than one. Just ask AG Club. Short for Avant Garde Club, the Bay Area collective is fronted by the rapper-singer duo of Jody Fontaine and Baby Boy, who practically finish each other’s sentences on tape and in conversation. With 14 members across different art disciplines– from musicians to filmmakers, content creators, photographers, and designers—they pour their respective talents into the kind of bond dynamic collectives are traditionally made of, yet there’s nothing traditional about them. They’ll drop an impenetrable hip-hop banger, only to flip the script with an arena-ready rock anthem. Jody Fontaine is hyper, hilarious, lyrical, and visionary, and Baby Boy is quiet, creative, and equally visionary. AG Club are undeniable, unrelenting, and unfuckwittable. On the heels of their first track “Flowers,” they posted the video for “Ay, G” and gained traction on YouTube. Their Halfway Off The Porch EP followed in 2020, igniting the breakthrough single “Memphis.” UPROXX hailed them as “The Youthful, Disruptive Rap Band You Need To Know,” and i-D went as far as to christen them “the Bay Area music collective you wish you could join.” Pigeons & Planes pegged them as an “Artist to Watch” for 2021. In the wake of their two-part album Fuck Your Expectations PT. 1 & 2, they sold out gigs coast-to-coast on the “Fuck Your Expectations” Tour and ignited festivals such as Day n Vegas and Lollapalooza, and found themselves highlighted in The New York Times. Not to mention, A$AP Ferg, NLE Choppa, and ICECOLDBISHOP have all pulled up for collaborations with AG Club. The musical group itself would just be Jody and Baby Boy, but they also launched the larger collective AGCNSF, including various creators. After a string of independent releases over the past few years, which saw them generate millions of streams and considerable critical praise, the group’s irreverent and inimitable vision comes to life on their 2022 full-length for Epic Records.

Follow AG Club:
Instagram | Youtube | Tiktok | Twitter | Official Website