It’s been quite the professional journey for British electronic singer, Aluna Francis (formerly of AlunaGeorge) from the highs of securing an international smash hit like “You Know You Like It” remixed by DJ Snake to the lows of being sexually assaulted by a collaborator which lead to her departure from music.
After taking a hiatus to focus on her personal needs and mental stability is back but this time as a solo act preparing for the release of her debut album, Renaissance due out August 28 (via Mad Decent). On her latest single, “Get Paid” featuring Princess Nokia & Jada Kingdom, Aluna continues to push herself to create music with meaning.
Rooted in her signature electronic-pop sound, Aluna uses “Get Paid” to speak on her experience as a woman in the genre that has not received fair financial compensation. On the track, Aluna enlists the help of fellow social justice advocate, rap star Princess Nokia and Jada Kingdom to share their experiences.
In an interview with Dancing Astronaut Aluna spoke on what drove her to write the track stating, “…often what happens is to get to the level you might call ‘high-level success,’ it feels like you can only do it for yourself. Because of the energy that it takes and the number of barriers that you have to overcome, it’s a lot to stop that momentum and try and bring other women up. So, what you find is that each one of those women isn’t followed by a whole army of the next generation in their wake.”
Adding, “for me, that’s missing out on a huge experience. I didn’t really feel excited, for example, about being the only black woman I know doing dance music in the way the genre is defined today. That’s why I wrote that open letter because I noticed there was something wrong with this picture. There’s not enough of what I want to see in this picture.”
Check out the full lyric video below directed by Carter Juncal with animation by Sean Solomon! Don’t forget to tell us what you think of the track in the comment section.
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