pearls (with Chester Watson)

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"A hypnotic mélange of club anthems with a hallucinogenic delivery" - Pitchfork

Limited to 500 copies, the VMP-exclusive version of Dua Saleh's CROSSOVER (DELUXE) is pressed on Transparent Orange vinyl at GZ Vinyl, 33 1/3 RPM, Standard Weight. The 1LP will arrive in a single, direct-to-board, numbered jacket, and includes an 11"x17" art poster.

CROSSOVER (Deluxe), Dua Saleh's 2022 release, combines driving dance beats with vulnerable introspection. They say, “I was thinking a lot about gender at the time, because my character on Sex Education is also nonbinary. There’s a lot of different references to elements of the trans community and queer community that are embedded into the work. In other ways I was thinking — I was in lockdown at the time — about wanting there to be more party music in the world,” they continued. “People are kind of stuck in their own cycles of anxiety and depression, and different mental health issues they may deal with, or boredom, so I wanted to create something that was fun that you can vibe with and dance to.”

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lyrics

Sign of the time
In the lung of the fruit
Sign of the time
In the lung of the fruit
Sign of the time
In the lung of the fruit

Bread in the wine
From the tongue to the roof
Spread to the spine
From the belly of the truth
Bled to design
From the jaw to the tooth
’Til your soul’s out
Touch glass to the shine
and the sun and the moon
Sign of the times
In the lung of the fruit
Bonafide winners
3 points ’til we shoot out the soles

I was on top of the world
Gold on my neck might go shopping for pearls
Hold on a sec
Toast over victories toast over checks

I was on top of the world
Gold on my neck might go shopping for pearls
Hold on a sec
Toast over victories toast over checks
Yeah

Me I don’t mind
I got traces of the paper
Man I can not deny
I was counting up the acres
In the medicine mind
I was tripping in the mazes
And a measurement lines
Sweeter than I

Me I don’t mind
I got laces in the races
That’ll pull on the mind
I was patient with the faces
That ascend from the pine
They was drinking up the cases
And they left me the lime left me the lime

I was on top of the world
Gold on my neck might go shopping for pearls
Hold on a sec
Toast over victories toast over checks

I was on top of the world
Gold on my neck might go shopping for pearls
Hold on a sec
Toast over victories toast over checks
Yeah

(Arabic)
Mush byafakaru byakalamu by3lamu kalam
Mush byazabatu byahamaru al farik del zaman
Nabduhh khuruf layl iteamat al' itfal
Ya salam
Sadakat al shamis ya shabaab
Al karama
Laktaa min al 3sil wal turaab
Al tayarah
Rabatat 3ayuni fil 3azaab
Ya haram
Girifu al nafis min kitaab
Ya kamaan
Laktaa min al 3sil wal turaab
Al tayarah
Rabatat 3ayuni fil 3azaab
Ya haram
Girifu al nafis min kitaab
Ya kamaan

Ya kamaan
Ya kamaan
Ya kamaan

I was on top of the world
Gold on my neck (Ya kamaan) might go shopping for pearls
Hold on a sec (Ya kamaan)
Toast over victories toast over checks

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from CROSSOVER (Deluxe), released September 23, 2022

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Dua Saleh Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dua Saleh made a lasting first impression in 2019 with their debut Nūr EP, receiving critical acclaim from Pitchfork, The FADER, COLORS, and more. Born in Sudan and raised in the Midwest, Dua is queer, gender nonconforming, and is addressed with they/them pronouns. Dua invites listeners into an undefined space through full-sensory lyricism and the singularity of their distinct voice. ... more

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