New monitor options contributions from Thundercat and Maeta
Vic Mensa peels off some tasty licks whereas falling by way of the sky within the wild new video for “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.”
The tender, soulful tune options contributions from Thundercat in addition to R&B artist Maeta. Within the video, co-directed by Mensa and Danielle DeGrasse-Alston, Mensa goes skydiving together with his guitar, strumming and singing the entire approach down earlier than lastly touchdown cooly in a subject the place he’s bought a feminine companion ready for him.
In an announcement, Mensa defined that “Strawberry Louis Vuitton” was largely impressed by the late designer Virgil Abloh. He was compelled to write down it after watching one in all Abloh’s final assortment movies, which featured Saul Williams, and the blue swimsuit he wears within the video is a customized recreation of 1 Abloh designed.
“Once I heard the pattern it simply spoke to me, so I chopped it, made the beat, and wrote the track on the spot,” Mensa stated. “It was actually a freestyle. I all the time imagined Thundercat doing the bridge… we recorded it when he was on tour and I used to be doing my artwork present in Chicago. When Virgil handed away I type of felt like he had given this track to me; the present that retains on giving, in a approach.”
Mensa will carry out “Strawberry Louis Vuitton” on The Late Present With Stephen Colbert this Wednesday, Feb. 1. The track marks Mensa’s first providing of 2023, after he launched a string of singles, in addition to an EP, Vino Valentino, final 12 months. Mensa has often launched music in numerous codecs over the previous few years, although up to now, his solely official studio album has been 2017s’ The Autobiography.