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Nuri Teams Up Kilo Kish, TT the Artist, and Alexa Lima on "Sometimes"

TT and Kish trade off effortless verses on this icy cool cut.

As longstanding fans of both TT the Artist and Kilo Kish, when we heard they were both on one track, our interest was immediately piqued. It seems that a few months back at Bonnaroo these two fierce singers teamed up with Alexa Lima and Miami-based producer Nuri at the Red Bull Music Academy's on-site studio. The result is a nimble, icily cool cut, where TT and Kish trade off effortless verses, over a minimalist groove. Frankly we're surprised anyone achieved anything productive at a festival, so this effort—premiering above—deserves a round of applause.

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"We had all met the night before when first arriving at the Red Bull camp grounds and the next morning, I went into one of the empty studios and began working on the record," explains Nuri of the song's genesis. "Alexa Lima had walked in the room and I asked her to work on the record with me. We picked some sounds together and she played that creepy staccato melody. I had spoken to Kish the night before about getting on a record together so when the beat was about halfway done, Kish, came into the room and started writing to it. Kish thought it would be great to add a rap verse at the end, so we asked TT the Artist, to finish off the track. We wrote and recorded the entire track in about three hours. When people work on music together for the first time it's not always a walk in the park, but we all kinda just clicked that day and just made something that was natural and organic for us."

And there you have it—listen above and check these behind the scenes pics below.

TT reading her lyrics off her phone.