Mahalia took to her Instagram to share the preview of her new track with AJ Tracey to her 570 thousand followers.

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The 23-year-old then went on to share that she will be going live on her Instagram tomorrow to answer any questions the fans have for her before the release of her new single on Thursday.

 

 

 

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“Roadside” will only be Mahalias 3rd single release this year having already dropped her well-received single “Jealous” alongside American rapper Rico Nasty and “Whenever you’re ready” which was a solo effort from the talented RnB singer which has seen an official remix from dutch artist Jarreau Vandal.

Mahalia new single comes after a busy month that has seen the songstress appear on DJ Targets new BBC three-show “Tonight with target” alongside UK content creators and tastemakers Henrie and Poet. Alongside this appearance, Mahalia was nominated at this years Ivor academy awards for best contemporary song for her feature on Pa Salieus track “Energy” which featured on the Coventry artists debut project Send them to Coventry.

AJ Tracey feature will follow on from his feature on Birmingham rappers M1llionz tape on the title track “Provisional License”, this being his only appearance since the Ladbroke Grove rapper dropped his sophomore project Flu Game, which the rapper dropped independently and saw peak at number two in the official charts staying in the charts for 19 weeks.

The single “Roadside” by Mahalia featuring AJ Tracey is set to drop this Thursday and can be pre-saved here.

The track was teased by AJ at the end of July and is in partnership with McDonald’s as part of their rollout for their new burger the ‘Mcspicy’.

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The track sees AJ take a different approach from the grime inspired music he released when he first came out and uses a sound he has been working on over the years which incorporates more melodies and autotune.

The sound which will hopefully mix well with T-Pains heavily autotuned style, the video was shot at what looks to be a mansion with McDonald’s food truck parked outside and a party scene going on at the home they have called ‘Tracey Manor’.

The video sees cameos from Tracey’s friends and collaborators including Unknown T, Headie One, SL and producer Nyge.

This will be the first music AJ gives his fans since his album release earlier this year, the project titled ‘Flu game’ was released independently by AJs Revenge records and peaked at number 2 on the official charts spending a total of 16 weeks on the charts.

AJ is no stranger to the charts having had a total of 7 top 10s and 16 top 40s, including his classic track ‘Ladbroke grove’ which sat in the charts for 59 weeks peaking at 3rd.

T-Pain has released 2 singles in 2021 and earlier this year shared a story on the Netflix show ‘This is Pop’ about an encounter with RnB superstar Usher which started a 4-year depression for the Florida artist.

I hate how the world did T-Pain. pic.twitter.com/6Ib9dzHTjY

— FKA Carly Beth (@LoggingInIsBad) June 21, 2021

T-Pains autotune sound changed the landscape of music in the early 2000s, birthing a generation of rappers such as Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Scott and Coi Leray who use autotune as such an important instrument in their music.

The track with AJ Tracey featuring T-Pain is set to drop tonight at 7 pm.