artist GoldLink has achieved a number of career firsts in the past 12 months, from his Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration to the iHeartMedia Music Awards nomination for Best New Hip-Hop Artist to his BET Awards nomination for Best New Artist. RL Grime has accumulated over 100 million plays on his tracks, with over 10 million alone on his 2014 massive What So Not collaboration ‘Tell Me’. A live phenomenon, the producer’s show has graced the biggest festival stages in the world including Coachella, EDC, and Lollapalooza. First coming to prominence as a teenager delivering monster remixes of Chief Keef’s ‘Love Sosa’ and Kanye West’s ‘Mercy’, his groundbreaking debut album VOID, was released independently in 2014 to rave reviews around the world. If VOID sounds like it comes from deep under the surface of the ocean, then NOVA comes from somewhere far away in the universe, soaring through space.” I introduced the roots of the project, the power and scale of VOID, to something bright and open and almost ethereal. I made so many songs for this project, and through that was able to whittle away at what the identity and direction of NOVA would be. However, through the process, i began to open up. I was also working from a place of hyper awareness which came with real anxiety and even dread.
I felt like I had more to say, and more opportunity to say it, but that sometimes is debilitating. I wanted to keep the power and purpose that I presented in VOID, but open up my process to new sounds, and collaborators, and lyrics. I wanted to push myself forward, but still to exist in the world that i had established on that first album. I had become overwhelmed by my own thoughts of what I should be, and what the project should be. When I started NOVA, it was from a different place. The lack of any expectation really allows you to exist in your own world. I think that’s an experience that many artists share on their first project. Says RL Grime: “ I made my first album, VOID, in my bedroom, mostly isolated, and without any real pressure. NOVA is released via WEDIDIT Records and follows his critically acclaimed and cult classic debut VOID. Jeremih & Tory Lanez with over 5 million streams to date, and instrumentals, ‘Pressure’ (which went viral on Spotify in multiple markets), ‘Era’, and ‘Reims’. In celebration of the release, he also shares the music videofor his song ‘Pressure’ directed by David Rudnick and Daniel Swan. Daya which is RL Grime’s first Top 5 US Dance Radio Record, it has amassed over 32 million plays globally to date and broke at #1 on iTunes Electronic in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Previously released tracks from the album include ‘I Wanna Know’ ft. NOVA is the first album from RL Grime in nearly four years and its 15 tracks are star-packed featuring artists including Miguel, Julia Michaels, Chief Keef, Ty Dolla $ign and Joji, as well as Diplo on board as Executive Producer. Tour pre sale will begin on Monday 6 August with general on sale on Wednesday 8 August. Sign up for the pre-sale here. Bringing along GoldLink as a very special guest, the tour will head around the country playing at iconic venues and includes stops at This That and Spilt Milk festivals. With his hotly anticipated album NOVA released this week, RL Grime now announces a huge Australian album tour set for this November. The NOVA TOUR was announced with the release of "Stay For It." The dates are listed below, and tickets can be purchased here.RL GRIME announces Australian Tour with GOLDLINK + ‘NOVA’ Album out now! This slew of news from RL is hopefully hinting at the release of a longer project coming up soon. It also features a personal letter and a collection of unreleased photos and artwork. The magazine, which can be purchased here, contains a transcript of a conversation had with Miguel during their last studio session, and explains the NOVA concept in further detail.
The song premiered on Triple J radio and is a part of unveiling the producer's new direction in addition, RL sent out a limited run of physical NOVA magazines to die-hard fans last week. Los Angeles DJ/producer RL Grime shared his new song, "Stay For It," today with the unexpected help of Miguel who brings dimension to the track with powerful vocals.