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Champion is the second former member of [[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]] to release a solo album since the group's breakup in 2022, following [[Kevin Abstract]]'s 2023 album ''[[Blanket (album)|Blanket]]''.<ref name="Stereogum ann" />

Champion is the second former member of [[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]] to release a solo album since the group's breakup in 2022, following [[Kevin Abstract]]'s 2023 album ''[[Blanket (album)|Blanket]]''.<ref name="Stereogum ann" />


Champion released the album's first single, "Aphid", on February 15, 2024.<ref name="Aphid" /> The single features vocals by [[Dijon Duenas|Dijon]].<ref name="Aphid" /> ''Clash''{{'}}s Robin Murray said "the touching songwriting brims with promise, Matt Champion illuminating each finer detail in the process."<ref name="Aphid">{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Shares Solo Cut "Aphid" |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/matt-champion-shares-solo-cut-aphid/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]}}</ref> Second single "Slug" followed on February 28, co-produced by Champion and Henry Kwapis.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Megan |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Does His Best "Slug" Impression in His Clever Single and Dance-Heavy Video |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/matt-champion-releases-slug-single-video/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref name="Alternative Press Slug">{{Cite news |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=February 28, 2024 |title=Brockhampton's Matt Champion shares new solo single "Slug" |url=https://www.altpress.com/matt-champion-slug-video-watch/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]}}</ref> "Slug" expands on the sound of "Aphid", "channeling gooey, nostalgia-inducing [[funk]] and [[Soul music|soul]]."<ref name="Alternative Press Slug" /> "Slug" came with a music video directed by Anna Pollack in which Champion, covered in slime, dances and crawls around in a plastic bubble in the woods.<ref name="Alternative Press Slug" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=Caroline |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Unleashes Danceable New Single "Slug" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/769661-matt-champion-slug-hip-hop-news |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[HotNewHipHop]]}}</ref>

Champion released the album's first single, "Aphid", on February 15, 2024.<ref name="Aphid" /> The single features vocals by [[Dijon Duenas|Dijon]].<ref name="Aphid" /> ''Clash''{{'}}s Robin Murray said "the touching songwriting brims with promise, Matt Champion illuminating each finer detail in the process."<ref name="Aphid">{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Shares Solo Cut "Aphid" |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/matt-champion-shares-solo-cut-aphid/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]}}</ref> The song came with a music video directed by Anna Pollack.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lane |first=Lexi |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Matt Champion and Blackpink's Jennie Move in "Slow Motion" on a New Song From His ''Mika's Laundry'' Album |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/matt-champion-jennie-slow-motion-new-song/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref> Second single "Slug" followed on February 28, co-produced by Champion and Henry Kwapis.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Megan |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Does His Best "Slug" Impression in His Clever Single and Dance-Heavy Video |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/matt-champion-releases-slug-single-video/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref name="Alternative Press Slug">{{Cite news |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=February 28, 2024 |title=Brockhampton's Matt Champion shares new solo single "Slug" |url=https://www.altpress.com/matt-champion-slug-video-watch/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]}}</ref> "Slug" expands on the sound of "Aphid", "channeling gooey, nostalgia-inducing [[funk]] and [[Soul music|soul]]."<ref name="Alternative Press Slug" /> "Slug" came with a music video directed by Pollack in which Champion, covered in slime, dances and crawls around in a plastic bubble in the woods.<ref name="Alternative Press Slug" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=Caroline |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Unleashes Danceable New Single "Slug" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/769661-matt-champion-slug-hip-hop-news |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[HotNewHipHop]]}}</ref>


The album was announced on March 8, with its release set for March 22 by [[RCA Records]].<ref name="Clash ann">{{Cite news |last=Hussain |first=Shahzaib |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Announces New Album ''Mika's Laundry'' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/matt-champion-announces-new-album-mikas-laundry/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]}}</ref> With the announcement came the third single, "[[Slow Motion (Matt Champion and Jennie song)|Slow Motion]]", featuring [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]] from the [[K-pop]] group [[Blackpink]].<ref name="Clash ann" /><ref name="Stereogum ann">{{Cite news |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Matt Champion (Brockhampton) & Jennie (Blackpink) - "Slow Motion" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2254922/matt-champion-brockhampton-jennie-blackpink-slow-motion/music/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref> ''Stereogum''{{'}}s Tom Breihan called the song a "starry-eyed love song" which "starts off as a soft, [[Billie Eilish]]-style [[piano ballad]], but then a [[Jungle music|jungle]] [[breakbeat]] kicks in so suddenly that I thought I had music playing in a different open tab."<ref name="Stereogum ann" /> The song came with another video directed by Pollack.<ref name="Clash ann" />

The album was announced on March 8, with its release set for March 22 by [[RCA Records]].<ref name="Clash ann">{{Cite news |last=Hussain |first=Shahzaib |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Matt Champion Announces New Album ''Mika's Laundry'' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/matt-champion-announces-new-album-mikas-laundry/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]}}</ref> With the announcement came the third single, "[[Slow Motion (Matt Champion and Jennie song)|Slow Motion]]", featuring [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]] from the [[K-pop]] group [[Blackpink]].<ref name="Clash ann" /><ref name="Stereogum ann">{{Cite news |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Matt Champion (Brockhampton) & Jennie (Blackpink) - "Slow Motion" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2254922/matt-champion-brockhampton-jennie-blackpink-slow-motion/music/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |work=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref> ''Stereogum''{{'}}s Tom Breihan called the song a "starry-eyed love song" which "starts off as a soft, [[Billie Eilish]]-style [[piano ballad]], but then a [[Jungle music|jungle]] [[breakbeat]] kicks in so suddenly that I thought I had music playing in a different open tab."<ref name="Stereogum ann" /> The song came with another video directed by Pollack.<ref name="Clash ann" />

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Mika's Laundry
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 22, 2024
LabelRCA
Producer
  • Matt Champion
  • Henry Kwapis
  • Dijon
Singles from Mika's Laundry
  1. "Aphid"
    Released: February 15, 2024
  2. "Slug"
    Released: February 28, 2024
  3. "Slow Motion"
    Released: March 8, 2024

Mika's Laundry is the debut studio album of rapper and former Brockhampton member Matt Champion, set for release on March 22, 2024, by RCA Records. The album was preceded by three singles. It features contributions from Henry Kwapis, Dijon, Jennie, and multiple of Champion's former bandmates.

Background and release

Champion is the second former member of Brockhampton to release a solo album since the group's breakup in 2022, following Kevin Abstract's 2023 album Blanket.[1]

Champion released the album's first single, "Aphid", on February 15, 2024.[2] The single features vocals by Dijon.[2] Clash's Robin Murray said "the touching songwriting brims with promise, Matt Champion illuminating each finer detail in the process."[2] The song came with a music video directed by Anna Pollack.[3] Second single "Slug" followed on February 28, co-produced by Champion and Henry Kwapis.[4][5] "Slug" expands on the sound of "Aphid", "channeling gooey, nostalgia-inducing funk and soul."[5] "Slug" came with a music video directed by Pollack in which Champion, covered in slime, dances and crawls around in a plastic bubble in the woods.[5][6]

The album was announced on March 8, with its release set for March 22 by RCA Records.[7] With the announcement came the third single, "Slow Motion", featuring Jennie from the K-pop group Blackpink.[7][1] Stereogum's Tom Breihan called the song a "starry-eyed love song" which "starts off as a soft, Billie Eilish-style piano ballad, but then a jungle breakbeat kicks in so suddenly that I thought I had music playing in a different open tab."[1] The song came with another video directed by Pollack.[7]

Champion described the album as existing in "a remote, but technologically sound community of cement-walled facilities, open plains, and greenhouse-like domes, at the centre of which lies the album's namesake club, Mika's Laundry."[7]

Track listing

Notes

  1. ^ a b Additional studio producer

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

  • Henry Kwapis – recording engineer (2, 12)
  • De'Ron Billups – recording engineer (2, 9)
  • Chris Galland – engineer (2, 9)
  • Jeremie Inhaber, Robin Florent, and Scott Desmarais – assistant engineers (2, 9)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing engineer (2, 9)
  • Zach Pereyra – mastering engineer (2, 9)
  • Adam Loeffler – recording engineer (12)

References

  1. ^ a b c Breihan, Tom (March 8, 2024). "Matt Champion (Brockhampton) & Jennie (Blackpink) - "Slow Motion"". Stereogum. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Murray, Robin (February 15, 2024). "Matt Champion Shares Solo Cut "Aphid"". Clash. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  3. ^ Lane, Lexi (March 8, 2024). "Matt Champion and Blackpink's Jennie Move in "Slow Motion" on a New Song From His Mika's Laundry Album". Uproxx. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Megan (February 29, 2024). "Matt Champion Does His Best "Slug" Impression in His Clever Single and Dance-Heavy Video". Uproxx. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Sacher, Andrew (February 28, 2024). "Brockhampton's Matt Champion shares new solo single "Slug"". Alternative Press. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  6. ^ Fisher, Caroline (February 29, 2024). "Matt Champion Unleashes Danceable New Single "Slug"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Hussain, Shahzaib (March 8, 2024). "Matt Champion Announces New Album Mika's Laundry". Clash. Retrieved March 9, 2024.