Pretty Sick – “City Kid”

Sabrina Fuentes' Pretty Sick project has come a long way since it started out as a fuzzed-out New York grunge band a decade ago. On her upcoming album Anarchy, Fuentes teams up with Oscar Scheller, the London producer who has made hits with PinkPantheress and Lily Allen and who just did great work on Kelela's new avatar album, to make dizzy, brain-addled hyperpop. That sound is taking her to some fascinating places.We've already posted Pretty Sick's Anarchy singles "Star," "home2hide," and "UrNewImTrue." Today, she shares the bleary, woozy, hypnotic new track "City Kid." Oscar Scheller produced the track, and he co-wrote it with Sabrina Fuentes. Over molten in-the-red synth oscillations and huge trap drums, Fuentes sings in deadpan, declaring what sounds like a hollow triumph: "Booked a big stage, now can't nobody fuck with me/ Cameras flash, nothing lasts, everybody touchin' me, yeah." She repeats the phrase "get wrecked" a lot of times. Here's what she says about it:This song is about growing up in New York, and reflecting on all the experiences I’ve had that have led me to where I am now, for better or for worse. Obviously a pretty unique experience, growing up somewhere so big and fast-paced, and being out on your own from a really young age has its benefits and setbacks. In most of my music, I reflect on my own life and look around at the kids I grew up with, and try to make sense of the past hectic 25 years and figure out how we got here, through both the life events as well as the music and art that shaped us.The Nolan Zangas-directed "City Kid" video captures Sabrina Fuentes walking around her hometown in distorted digital video. Sometimes, she's all glammed up. Sometimes, she's pushing a stroller around, possibly while working a nanny day job. Check it out below.Anarchy is out on 9/11 on Dirty Hit.