NEW MUSIC | BLANCO UNVEILS BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘MEMPHIS’

By Rishma • On What is New

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Today Blanco releases his brand-new single Mem­ph­is. The infec­tious Afro-Lat­in pro­duc­tion sees heavy bass rumble along­side hard hit­ting drums. Show­cas­ing his lyr­ic­al fluid­ity, Blanco’s clev­er word­play accom­pan­ied by the catchy beat sets Mem­ph­is up to be a guar­an­teed fix­ture on future playl­ists and charts this sum­mer. Premier­ing on No Sig­nal radio fol­lowed with a visu­al on GRM Daily, Mem­ph­is sees the young rap­per deliv­er a sol­id record in the style of his pro­claimed Blanco Wave. With a string of well received singles under his belt, the sky’s the lim­it for the Har­lem Spartan rap­per who’s found his voice and cre­ated a lane of his own in the UK’s ever-chan­ging rap scene. As his pop­ular­ity soars to new heights [trend­ing at no.2 dur­ing No Signal’s OFB v Har­lem Spartans clash is just one example], Blanco’s latest offer­ing con­tin­ues to cement him as one of the UK’s most ver­sat­ile artists. Mem­ph­is shows off Blanco’s amaz­ing ear for pro­duc­tion and fur­ther high­lights why every­one should be pay­ing atten­tion to the South Lon­don native.

After the suc­cess of his pre­vi­ous releases Ship­puden & Pull Up, both of which have amassed a stag­ger­ing 4 mil­lion streams, Blanco cur­rently boasts a gen­er­ous half a mil­lion monthly listen­ers on Spo­ti­fy and is fea­tured on their pop­u­lar Rap UK playl­ist. In addi­tion to his solo mater­i­al, Blanco recently col­lab­or­ated with old school heavy weight Donae’O on his single Van­couver earli­er this year, as well as Stay Flee Get Lizzy on a joint effort ‘Hand­some G’ with RV and Youngs Tef, adding to his grow­ing cata­logue of stel­lar features.

Since enter­ing the scene in 2015, Blanco has had a steady ascen­sion in music and has built a ded­ic­ated fan base from his days of being part of rap group Har­lem Spartans to trans­ition­ing into a solo artist. The anti­cip­a­tion of his new mater­i­al fol­low­ing his short hiatus would see Blanco have a massive break­out moment with multi-plat­in­um selling pro­duc­tion power­house Dr Vades’ on hit single Ring­tone, which became an anthem for sum­mer 2019 and earned a spot on the UK Offi­cial charts. Records such as Jason Bourne and Money on the Road were early pre­views of the immense tal­ent Blanco held when it came to adapt­ing his style to fit dif­fer­ent sounds, whilst main­tain­ing lyr­ic­al integrity.

Often praised for his effort­less flow and slick deliv­ery he is one of the most excit­ing acts mak­ing music right now. He’s garnered sup­port from key industry taste­m­akers and plat­forms, appear­ing on BBC Radio 1xta’s Kenny Allstar’s ‘Voice of the Streets’, Noi­sey premiered the afore­men­tioned ‘Money On The Road’ where the video sits at around 7.6 mil­lion views to date. GRM Daily, Link Up TV are amongst oth­er plat­forms he’s appeared on and Foot­baller Daniel Stur­ridge used Ship­puden’ as the soundtrack one of his recent Tik­Tok videos.

For an artist that star­ted music from a young age, Blanco’s always expressed how strong his con­nec­tion has been to genres such as Hip Hop and RnB hav­ing been inspired by the likes of 50 Cent, Ush­er, and UK giants such as Giggs and Skep­ta as well as many oth­ers. He grav­it­ated to the way these artists told their stor­ies through the music and kept their truths front and centre. Lead­ing Blanco to ensure he is always cre­at­ing from an open and hon­est place for the best music to be made.

Mem­ph­is keeps Blanco on a con­sist­ent and sol­id upwards tra­ject­ory where his artistry con­tin­ues to grow along­side the impress­ive string of achieve­ments he gains after every release and col­lab­or­a­tion thus far.

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.