Debuted last month at Coachella, the two singles arrive today alongside their accompanying music videos starring Arca.
“ ‘Puta’ and ‘Sola’ are songs I’ve been perfecting for years. Taking my time writing, recording, producing and mixing them on my own, slow cooking, has been important to getting the music just right. I’m so proud of these songs, and both Daniel Sannwald and Stillz are geniuses, the videos are so amazing. The themes lyrically span both extravagant sensuality for the dance floor on ‘Puta’ as well as the vulnerability of tenderness and love in ‘Sola.’ I hope they bring joy and comfort as well as confidence to all my fellow mutants!”- Arca
Arca returns with a new double-sided single, Puta / Sola. While each track exists in its own distinct sonic world, they are released together to symbolise the complementary force of the liminal, the beauty in androgyny, and integration of both masculine and feminine energies that can harmonise in each person. It is a gesture in response to dualistic thinking-spanning the spectrum between binaries-a quantum entanglement between light and shadow, a call for more sensitive nuance, intersectionality (a concept described by Kimberlé Crenshaw) and futurality. Teased in February on Arca’s socials and debuted live at her Coachella weekend one set on April 13, Puta relishes in the confidence of playful bombast, its ability to mutually enliven, inspire, and uplift ,while Sola unfolds as a celestial, sparkling love song.
The two singles arrive today alongside their accompanying music videos starring Arca – Puta directed by Stillz and Sola directed by Daniel Sannwald.
Arca – Sola (Official Music Video)
Arca – Puta (Official Music Video)
Over the last half orbit, Arca has released a remix of Addison Rae’s ‘Aquamarine’ titled ‘Arcamarine,’ the collaborative track ‘Chama’ with Tokischa, and a remix of Hikaru Utada’s ‘Electricity’— all three of whom joined her on stage at Coachella across both weekends. Since 2021’s extraordinary KICK pentalogy-a body of work that elevated her from the experimental avant-garde to pop icon and a vanguard of Venezuelan electronic music – she has been making new music without interruption. Now, with each new unveiling, the line between rumour and revelation blurs further. One can’t help but wonder: is the phoenix beginning to rise from their ashes?
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