Sløtface have shared the fiery new single ‘I Used To Be A Real Piece Of Shit’.
The Norwegian act – as of 2022 a solo project under Haley Shea – said the song pulled inspiration from sketch shows and 100 gecs‘ song ‘Dumbest Girl Alive’. The track opens their new album, ‘Film Buff’, which is set for release via Propeller on September 27. You can pre-order / pre-save it here.
“I was completely obsessed with Tim Robinson’s show I Think You Should Leave last summer and watched all the seasons about four times, laughing hysterically,” said frontwoman Shea in a statement.
“In the middle of this obsession, the sketch where he says ‘I used to be a piece of shit’ jumped out, and I thought it would make a great lyric, so I saved it in my little idea bank on my phone.
“I just wanted to make it fun and silly and over the top. It also makes me think of all the people that are out here working on themselves, always trying to better, going to therapy etc, me included, and it poses the question – do we really change all that much? It’s a song for everyone that used to be a piece of shit, who’s working on it, who’s still kind of a piece of shit in some ways and that’s ok!”
The tongue-in-cheek track opens with the wry declaration: “Confessions of a full-blown narcissist/I guess all the attention really went to my head/Not easy being six foot tall, a leggy blonde/Dressed like wonder woman at her day job.”
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It was written by Shea in collaboration with Swedish songwriter and producer Daniel Hedberg and Simen Følstad Nilsen, with production coming from Hedberg and Preben Sælid Andersen.
Shea previously told NME she liked keeping things “light, fun and energetic”, adding that it was “important for me to let everything be open and experiment with different things”.
Earlier this year, a string of UK and Ireland tour dates were announced for later this autumn. They will kick off tour at The Workman’s Cellar in Dublin and make stops in Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield Birmingham and more before wrapping up at Underworld in London on October 3.
Visit here to purchase tickets and check out a full list of dates below.
Sløtface 2024 UK and Ireland tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
23 – The Workmans Cellar, Dublin, IE
24 – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, NI
26 – SWG3 Poetry Club, Glasgow, UK
27 – Zerox, Newcastle, UK
28 – 33 Oldham Street, Manchester, UK
29- Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
30 – Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield, UK
OCTOBER
1 – The Victoria, Birmingham, UK
2 – Exchange, Bristol, UK
3 – Underworld, London, UK
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