Tkay Maidza Releases New Video for ‘Won One’

Today, Tkay Maidza releases an avant garde video for recently released single ‘Won One’, that sees her at one with the elements, directed and produced by Munachi. The single is a slinky, razor-sharp track produced by Stint that addresses Tkay’s experiences with misogyny in the music industry. The excoriating but high-minded song draws connections between the men who try to control women’s careers and those who do women the world over wrong every day. It plays like an exorcism, channelling all the apathy and animosity she felt towards music industry chauvinism.

With the video release, Tkay announces her first extensive headline North American tour that kicks off on 8 February 2024 in Seattle. Tickets are available for pre-sale from today and general sale from Friday 8 December. The tour follows support slots for Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Flume and a play at Pitchfork Paris, as well as the release of Tkay’s new album Sweet Justice that arrived last month to critical praise from NME, The Guardian, DIY, NY Times, Pitchfork and more.

Sweet Justice features collaborations with Lolo Zouaï, Amber Mark, Duckwrth, Flume and Kaytranada and is the second album from the Zimbabwean-born, Australian-raised, Los Angeles-based rapper, singer and producer, and the first female rapper signed to 4AD. The album was born out of a profound sense of karma as she steps away from toxic figures in her life – it’s a coming-of-age record about accountability that’s bright, breezy, freewheeling and fun, and hears her harnessing the feminine power that was inside her all along.

Sweet Justice follows the 3-year-long, 24 song-strong genre-bending Last Year Was Weird trilogy exploring Maidza’s own African-Australian experience. The project earned her a 2021 ARIA Awards win for Best Soul/R&B Release and an NME Award for Best Solo Act from Australia in 2022.

TKAY MAIDZA TOUR DATES
8 February – SEATTLE, WA, USA, Neumos
9 February – VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, Biltmore 
10 February – PORTLAND, OR, USA, Hawthorne
13 February – DENVER, CO, USA, Cervantes Other Side
15 February – MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA, 7^th Street
16 February – CHICAGO, IL, USA, Lincoln Hall
18 February – ANN ARBOR, MI, USA, Blind Pig
20 February – TORONTO, ON, CANADA, Axis Club
21 February – MONTREAL, QC, CANADA, Le Belmont
23 February – BOSTON, MA, USA, Brighton Music Hall
24 February – NEW YORK, NY, USA, Racket
25 February – PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, The Foundry
27 February – WASHINGTON, DC, USA, Howard Theatre
29 February – ATLANTA, GA, USA, The Masquerade, Hell Stage
2 March – AUSTIN, TX, USA, Antone’s
3 March – DALLAS, TX, USA, HOB Cambridge Room
4 March – HOUSTON, TX, USA, House of Blues, Bronze Peacock
7 March – OAKLAND, CA, USA, The New Parish
8 March – LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, El ReyPre-Sale Information:
Artist pre-sale HERE, password: SW33TJUSTIC3
Spotify pre-sale HERE, password: SWE3TJUST1C3

Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice
STREAM/BUY HERE

A breathless, intoxicating album bursting with ideas and creativity, and reveals something different and compelling with every listen.” – The Guardian

“Fiery lyrics, swagger and range…Like Missy Elliott and Santigold, she can bend her airy voice to any beat” – Pitchfork

“Maidza has crafted a collection of perfectly constructed songs that encapsulate her karmic truth: that living well is the best revenge.” – NME

“The rapturous party that beats at the heart of Sweet Justice is irresistible… a crowning achievement.” – DIY

“Pure irritation: buzzes, distortion, wavey tones, a drone that bristles with dissonance. Maidza tops it with a speedy, shifty, percussive boast” – NY Times

“A genre-hopping treat” – DJ Mag

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