Tkay

Tkay
Studio album by Tkay Maidza
Released 28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
Recorded 2014–16
Genre
Length 47:54
Label
Producer
Tkay Maidza chronology
Switch Tapes EP
(2015)		 Tkay
(2016)
Singles from Tkay
  1. "Carry On"
    Released: 30 August 2016[1]
  2. "Simulation"
    Released: 16 October 2016[2]

Tkay is the debut studio album by Australian singer and rapper Tkay Maidza. It was released on 28 October 2016 by Downtown and Interscope Records.[3] The lead single from the album, entitled "Carry On", was released on 30 August 2016, featuring rapper and songwriter Killer Mike.[1]

Background

The concept for the album began in 2014, around the time Maidza was working on her debut extended play, entitled Switch Tapes. The EP was released in October 2014, through Dew Process Records.[4]

In December 2014, Maidza announced that she was working on her debut studio album.[5] She was then signed to Universal Music Australia[6] and launched her official Vevo channel on YouTube. She later announced that she decided to scrap most of it because it did not go to plan. In December 2015, she was featured on Troye Sivan's song "DKLA". The song was released on his third extended play, entitled Wild, in September 2015 and later featured on his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood, which was released in December 2015. Maidza was featured on the album alongside other artists, including Broods and Betty Who.

In 2016, Maidza gained greater international notice when she collaborated with DJ and record producer Martin Solveig on his single "Do It Right".

It then sparked Maidza's lead single from the album, "Carry On", which features vocals from rapper Killer Mike,[1] and was said to have been inspired from one of Sivan's debut album collaborators Dann Hume, who previously co-wrote and produced the song "The Quiet".

In the beginning of October 2016, the album's first promotional single was released, entitled "Tennies".[3] Two weeks after, the album's second official single, entitled "Simulation", was released on 16 October 2016.[2] The song was revealed to have been co-written with rising electronic musician George Maple,[2] who previously co-wrote and co-produced Maidza's song "Ghost".

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Always Been"  
  • Bot
  • Swick
 3:20
2. "Afterglow"  
What So Not 3:00
3. "Carry On" (featuring Killer Mike)
Dann Hume 3:33
4. "Simulation"  
  • Maidza
  • Luke McKay
  • Higgs
LK McKay 3:25
5. "Tennies"  
Salva 3:17
6. "Monochrome"  
  • Maidza
  • Lee Mortimer
Friend Within 3:29
7. "Follow Me"  
  • Maidza
  • Higgs
  • Andrew Hershey
Dre Skull 3:47
8. "Castle in the Sky"  
  • Maidza
  • Daniel Farber
Farber 3:20
9. "Drumsticks No Guns"  
  • Maidza
  • Stefan Gräslund
Gräslund 2:43
10. "State of Mind"  
Noah Breakfast 3:27
11. "House of Cards"  
  • Maidza
  • Henry Allen
  • Dunn
King Henry 4:07
12. "Supasonic"  
  • Maidza
  • McKay
LK McKay 2:38
13. "You Want"  
  • Maidza
  • McKay
LK McKay 3:40
14. "At Least I Know"  
  • Maidza
  • Christoph Andersson
Andersson 4:08
Total length:
 47:54

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 20

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tkay by Tkay Maidza. iTunes. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hear: Tkay Maidza drops tropical fizzer 'Simulation' | music news | triple j". ABC. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 Lefevre, Jules (4 October 2016). "Listen to Tkay Maidza's fiery new single 'Tennies'". Junkee. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tkay Maidza drops new track 'Switch Lanes', national tour dates". ABC. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Williams, Tom (3 December 2014). "Music Feeds Podcast Episode #124: Tkay Maidza - Music Feeds". Music Feeds. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Ball, Rosie (10 February 2015). "Tkay Maidza Drops Brand New Track 'M.O.B'". Speakertv. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Tkay Maidza – Tkay". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

English-language albums

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