Welcome again to Takeover Tuesday, the place every week, Billboard faucets chart-topping artists and tastemakers to compile their very personal playlist unique to Billboard’s Spotify account. We give the artists free rein to base the record on no matter topic they select. The solely rule? Make it as inventive and distinctive to them as doable.
Electronic music producer Mura Masa initially caught our consideration when he teamed up with A$AP Rocky on the experimental rap observe “Love$ick” and pop powerhouse Charli XCX for the bubbly dance tune “1 Night” in 2017 from his self-titled debut album. “Love$ick” proved to be a success and shortly earned over 165 million streams on Spotify and shot to No. 18 on Billboard‘s Hot Dance and Electronic Songs chart, with “1 Night” additionally touchdown on the chart at No. 38.
Mura Masa’s self-titled debut not solely gained large play, however managed to safe two Grammy nominations for greatest digital album and greatest recording bundle — a first within the award ceremony’s historical past for somebody to be nominated as each a musician and artistic producer on the identical album, thus proving that Mura Masa is a pressure to be reckoned with in his line of labor.
Always on the seek for inspiration, Mura Masa created a playlist of songs for Billboard to share his present favorites of the week for Takeover Tuesday. The producer says that the playlist is “a totally unfiltered current reflection of my tastes and interests at the moment as I meander around the forest of music. A few old favorites that I often revisit as one would old friends, and a few new favorites that I’ve just met.” The playlist consists of 20 songs spanning a mixture of genres, together with cuts from The Beatles, Bon Iver, The Cure and Lil Uzi Vert.
Though it is but to be confirmed when a subsequent venture is ready to return out, Mura Masa just lately launched his newest single, “Complicated,” which options NAO‘s sultry vocals on the observe. Find your personal inspiration by his present favorites in his Takeover Tuesday playlist beneath.
