07 October 2022 - 0 Comments

Mikeyy is an up-and-coming Iraqi-New Zealander hip-hop/hyperpop artist. Taught by his father from the age of 5, he has been a multi-instrumentalist as well as an avid producer. Inspired by an array of musical influences ranging from The Beatles to Kanye West, he speaks his truth and promotes positive messages through songwriting and production. The rising artist has played big New Zealand stages such as Soundsplash Raglan and opened for notable New Zealand artists such as CHAII at the young age of only 19.

Mikeyy's honest and fresh musical style has garnered him over 300,000 streams on Spotify with audiences tuning in from all over the world . The core of the artist’s lyricism is positivity and inspiring other people through music. 2021 has seen Mikeyy explore the fast rising genre “hyperpop”, taking inspiration from US based artists such as Brakence and Glaive.

Yalla starts as a R&B, ballad esq track with Mikeyy delivering brutally honest lyrics about his why and his motivators. Featuring a vintage soul sample chop and hard hitting drums and 808’s the drop is high energy and features Mikeyy in his most confident and honest form, describing to you the stories that fuel his hunger, passion and work ethic. Taking inspiration from his culture as a first generation Iraqi-New Zealander, the motif throughout the song (vocal bite ‘YALLA”), provides a snapshot of Mikeyy’s culture as Yalla is a commonly used driving word in Arabic.

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