After taking people by surprise last month by releasing ‘Out of Touch’, his first brand new song since 2018, prolific Toronto based rapper Shad is at it again, unveiling a punchy new track and video titled ‘Work’.
Speaking about the track Shad explains: “Like ‘Out of Touch’, ‘Work’ was another song written pre-pandemic that is (sadly) even more timely now. I knew I wanted to write a song specifically about two aspects of work: One, the way so many of our jobs are disconnected from a sense of meaning and purpose, and from the people and places they impact. And two, just the increasing precarity and scarcity of work. Also as with ‘Out of Touch’, I wanted the song to hold both the irony/humour and heaviness of our situation.”
Produced by and featuring Skratch Bastid, the new single was built on a blistering sample from art-rockers We Are The City, and mixes old and new influences, taking Shad’s flexible flows into exciting new territory.