Joey Valence & Brae share new video with Danny Brown, tour upgrades & sell-outs

Breakout DIY stars Joey Valence & Brae have shared a video for latest single ‘PACKAPUNCH’, featuring the incomparable Danny Brown. The animated video was directed by Valence and Joshua Vietze and produced by Pure Imagination Studios, who are known for their work with Mortal Kombat, The Avengers, LEGO, Spider-Man and more. (PRESS HERE) to watch.

The larger-than-life rap duo have also dropped ‘THE BADDEST (BADDER)’ alongside hyperpop trailblazer Ayesha Erotica. It’s “[a] balls-to-the-wall, totally loony remix of “The Baddest.” Better than coffee.” -PAPER. The track already has 14k videos and counting on Tik Tok using its sound. With new album NO HANDS out now: the record has already received over 18 million streams in just over a month, landing a Top 10 placement in Spotify’s Debut Albums of the Week.

Tickets for Joey Valence & Brae’s epic, 41-date NO HANDS world tour continue to fly, with multiple venues quickly selling out and other rooms upgrading due to demand. These include the high-energy group’s biggest London show to date, with Village Underground recently upgraded to Camden’s iconic Electric Ballroom for November 25th.

Over the last couple of years, Joey Valence & Brae have gone from college kids to independent sensations, with 200+ million streams, 1.3 million social followers, and a fanbase that’s as inclusive of punk kids or metalheads as it is hip-hop and pop culture stans. New album NO HANDS is as clear a statement of intent as it is a creative leveling-up, with Danny Brown collaboration ‘PACKAPUNCH’ just one shoot-your-shot moment. Having slid into the Detroit rapper’s DMs only to find out he was already a fan, ‘PACKAPUNCH’ was recorded in one take, guerilla-style, in Brown’s hotel room after a show. Peppered with the boys’ eclectic blend of interests – Star Wars, Olivia Rodrigo, Nando’s – and a natural fit with Danny Brown’s own incendiary energy, it’s Joey Valence and Brae at that next level, riding NO HANDS.

Like all the best buddy movies, Joey and Brae’s meet-cute began at a Red Lobster: they were hanging with mutual friends Freshman year at Penn State, and connected as fellow misfits but also, equal music obsessives. Finding common ground everywhere from Wu Tang to The Prodigy and Charli XCX, their collective taste is omnivorous and genre-agnostic, with humour, energy and a positive attitude that completely stands the band out. It’s a relationship which evidently flourishes on NO HANDS, which was recorded in just a month and goes harder into what Joey Valence & Brae are all about. From tongue-in-cheek confidence booster ‘THE BADDEST’ – now, reimagined with Ayesha Erotica – to the soulful, Tribe Called Quest affirmations of ‘NO HANDS’, here is a record about betting on yourself, set against the joyful, kitchen-sink sound of figuring that out. In the band’s own words, NO HANDS is “a reflection of what we’ve built over the past three years. It’s important for our fans to be like, these two kids built this on their own, and you can do the same exact thing. You don’t have to try and act cool: just be yourself and that’s cool as shit.”

08.08.24 || Winterthur, Switzerland || Winterthurer Musikfestwochen
10.08.24 || Biel/Bienne || Lakeville Festival
11.08.24 || Heerlen, Netherlands || Booch! Festival
13.08.24 || Warsaw, Poland || Klub Proxima
15.08.24 || Saint Pölten || Frequency Festival
16.08.24 || Bodø || Parkenfestivalen
18.08.24 || Charleville-Mézières || Cabaret Vert Festival

09.09.24 || Dallas || Cambridge Room at House of Blues (sold out)
10.09.24 || Austin || Antone’s (sold out)
11.09.24 || Houston || Bronze Peacock at House of Blues (sold out)
13.09.24 || Chicago || Outset (sold out)
14.09.24 || Cleveland || Grog Shop (sold out)
15.09.24 || Pittsburgh || Spirit Hall (sold out)
17.09.24 || Washington DC || The Atlantis (sold out)
19.09.24 || Boston || Brighton Music Hall (sold out)
20.09.24 || New York || Racket (sold out)
21.09.24 || Asbury Park, NJ || Asbury Lanes (sold out)
23.09.24 || Ottawa || Club SAW (sold out)
24.09.24 || Toronto || The Axis Club (sold out)
25.09.24 || London, ON || Rum Runners
27.09.24 || Ann Arbor || The Blind Pig (sold out)
28.09.24 || Louisville, KY || Louder Than Life Festival
30.09.24 || Nashville || The Basement East
01.10.24 || Columbia || Rose Music Hall (sold out)
04.10.24 || Boulder || Fox Theatre (sold out)
05.10.24 || Santa Fe || Meow Wolf
07.10.24 || Mesa || The Nile Theatre
08.10.24 || San Diego || Music Box
09.10.24 || Los Angeles || The Fonda Theatre
11.10.24 || Sacramento, CA || Aftershock Festival
07.11.24 || Stockholm || Hus 7
09.11.24 || Copenhagen || VEGA (sold out)
10.11.24 || Hamburg || Uebel & Gefährlich (venue upgraded)
11.11.24 || Berlin || Lark (sold out)
13.11.24 || Milan || Biko
14.11.24 || Zurich || Komplex Klub
15.11.24 || Paris || Badaboum
17.11.24 || Cologne || Yuca (venue upgraded)
18.11.24 || Nijmegen || Doornroosje (sold out)
19.11.24 || Amsterdam || Paradiso Tolhuistuin (sold out)
21.11.24 || Brussels || Botanique
23.11.24 || Birmingham || Institute 2 (sold out)
24.11.24 || Bristol || Fleece (sold out)
25.11.24 || London || Electric Ballroom (venue upgraded)
27.11.24 || Leeds || Project Houser
28.11.24 || Glasgow || SWG3 Warehouse (sold out)
29.11.24 || Manchester || Club Academy (sold out)
01.12.24 || Dublin || Green Room, The Academy (venue upgraded)