Evann McIntosh releases their new song, “COCO PEBBLES,” and pairs it with a sweet music video of the same title.
In discussing their inspirations for the number, the 17-year-old singer illustrates that “‘COCO PEBBLES’ is a track that was inspired by the first time [they’d] heard “Irresistible Bitch’” by Prince.”
“It sounds nothing like it, but I’d really wanted to make a funky track like that, and this is what came to be,” they explain.
The song opens with groovy baselines and jazzy synthesized accompaniments. The melody is matched not with singing, but with rhythmic spoken vocals performed by McIntosh. The artist’s coming of age declaration to love is made through her repeated lyrics, “She’s my second cup of Coco Pebbles every morning/Pour it over me like milk.”
Written by Evann themself and directed by close collaborator Caleb Carnell, the accompanying video chronicles an unorthodox love story in a dreamlike sequence set in a small-town diner – the Churn & Burn-in Wichita, Kansas.
The release is only a taste of McIntosh’s upcoming project Character Development, a collection of eight tracks that reflect on growing up, identity, gender, sexuality, and self-expression/discovery.
They explain that “this record is all about growth and change. [They’re] always evolving, and this project is the sound of that transformation, of one version of [themself] giving way to the next.”
McIntosh’s press team informs that the album will be released on August 27th via Mom+Pop.
Written and recorded primarily in the breakout star’s suburban Kansas bedroom, the collection mixes dark alt-pop and dreamy R&B with hip-hop, jazz, and funk streaks. The project is a work of pure intimacy, a poignant and revealing portrait of modern adolescence from an artist unraveling the mysteries of their psyche one song at a time.
And that’s not all! Evann McIntosh also recently announced their debut headlining fall tour. Performing at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right, a sold-out Los Angeles Moroccan Lounge gig, and making their in-person US festival debut at Outside Lands, Evann will bring their inimitable personality and effervescent charm w/ a four-piece band to venues across the country. Check out their website for an extensive list of tour dates and locations.
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