Today Arca reemerges to share the latest offering from the KICK series, an ancillary track and new music video for “Cayo,” a song generated from the period in which she recorded the KICK series, that originally premiered on her DIVA_EXPERIMENTAL FM Twitch transmission in early 2020. “Cayo” features additional production from Tim Hecker and arrives with a music video directed by Albert Moya, starring Arca. Arca elaborates on her latest offering: “it’s about exploring self states, non-binary modes of relating of that which is ‘other’, creating new intersectional ways of mediating identity through exploring sensuality and heightened communion with the sensual embodiment of self.”
WATCH “CAYO?” MUSIC VIDEO HERE
Following the December 2021 digital release of KICK ii, KicK iii, kick iiii and kiCK iiiii, and June 2020 release of KiCk i, Arca announces details of the physical release of all five albums from the KICK series, which are available to pre-order on vinyl and CD today, with an official release set for May 20th. A limited number of KICK boxsets will be available exclusively via the Arca webstore, XL webstore and Bleep, with the boxset edition including exclusive alternate artwork for KiCk i.
Arca also announces MUTANT, a digital webstore that represents the product division of Arca. MUTANT is a dynamic, commercial enterprise involved in a broad array of categories such as: clothing, technology and art. The initial launch will feature legacy graphics, Arca artworks, and album-related imagery – all available for pre-order over a one month selling window. Future releases are set to feature full-look apparel and accessories, such as footwear, underwear, and jewelry. Stay tuned for unique collectibles, and exciting collaborations.
PRE-ORDER THE ‘KICK’ BOX SET HERE: XL webstore| Arca webstore | Bleep
“the most important experimental musician working today” – The Atlantic
“Arca – is one of the most influential musicians on the planet in the last decade.” – The Arts Desk
“Never afraid to break free past the confines of genre and convention” – NPR
“in one week, Arca released a body of work most artists strive to produce in a lifetime” – Billboard
“a genesis project, bringing to life an entire world of new ideas, concepts, and sounds” – Vogue
“You don’t need precognition to read the future, just listen to this. Arca is an exceptional and symmetrical
personality, who is destined to be a historical example, even beyond music and art.” – Spectrum Club
The KICK series is an unprecedented work in the pop realm, a full-scale universe that Arca continues to explore alongside her audience and one that has become a landmark in Arca’s ceaseless evolution. A multidimensional self-portrait that holds all of Arca’s many identities as an artist in a quantum superstate; it’s an ambitious act of music world-building that has captivated fans and critics around the world.
Amid it’s release Arca’s been nominated for a GRAMMY (for Best Dance/Electronic Album), a Latin GRAMMY (for Best Alternative Music Album), and a GLAAD Media Award (for Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist). She’s appeared in campaigns for Acne, Balmain, Bottega Veneta, Byredo, Calvin Klein, Loewe, Ray Ban, and Reebok. She scored an episode of Euphoria at Hunter Schafer’s request, composed music for MoMA, and used AI to create 100 remixes of her single “Riquiqui?.” Lady Gaga tapped her to remix “Rain on Me” for the Dawn of Chromatica LP, Beverly Glenn-Copeland for “Let Us Dance,” Laurie Anderson for her timeless anthem “Big Science” and FKA twigs for her recent single “tears in the club ft. the weeknd.” The KICK series has initiated a new phase in Arca’s career, elevating her from an icon of the experimental fringe into a full-blown cultural phenomenon.
This year Arca is scheduled to perform at festivals including So?nar Lisboa (April), So?nar Barcelona (June) and Primavera in Los Angeles (Sept.). This past weekend she performed at Ceremonia Festival in Mexico City, her first time back in the city after her groundbreaking Vogue Mexico and Vogue Latin America cover from December/January 2022 (read the full story here).
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