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POV: It’s 2012, you're at the club drinking a Four Loko. Fuck, you've spilled it on your galaxy leggings. Ok your Adidas Superstars are fine though, thank fuck. You get your moustache-tattooed finger into position and take a #selfie on your Sony Cybershot for tomorrow's Facebook album upload. Omg wait. Is the DJ is playing that new Kavi song? Omg ok yep gtg, Kavi is literally the most iconic popstar of all time.
'SCANDALOUS' is my super hot comeback single, and the sexy soundtrack to a day in the life of Paris Hilton. A new sonic direction for me, this one's inspired by the golden era of pop - we're talking indie-sleaze, we're talking 2010s Usher and the Black Eyed Peas. I'm Kavi, so it's still laced with futuristic-electropop though (Charli XCX came to me in a dream and said I'm her son). 'SCANDALOUS' is about being famous like me, owning your sexuality and hooking up on the DL - do not let TMZ find out or your career is literally so fucked.
PS. At their Sydney show, Armand Hammer paused their set to say, "Damn, next door is going wild". Next door, I was in a moshpit performing an early demo of 'SCANDALOUS', live for the first time. Those mega-epic vibes are yours now.
lyrics
baby keep your head down, let’s not make a scene now
don’t want this making front page news
nobody needs to know how your fingers taste in my mouth
undercover hotel room
dangerous, keep an eye out for the cameras
i’m like a superstar rising, you could be a mad PR crisis
might hide out in the caymans, sticky situation
down south, saint tropez
i wanna keep you nameless, can you keep a secret?
print you out an NDA
scandalous, cos the truth is i’m embarrassed
went from all alone and so good, to a sick obsession with you
for you i’m ready
you’re watching me, you like that
come on take a hit, come on take a hit
baby, you’re making quite the impact
lemme take a hit, show you how i handle it
i’m a bad bitch but it’s cuffing season
never needed love just some sexual healing
whenever you want whenever you need it
it’s toxic, i’m lovesick
i’m a savage till it’s cuffing season
got me on my knees fucking cartwheeling
wanna be your flex cartier gleaming
it’s toxic, i’m lovesick
join the mile-high club on a private jet
touch down on your runway, LAX
this is business endorsed pleasure
show me how you take the pressure
fuck him to the ozone, i pollute that
higher than his flagpole, i salute that
pledge allegiance to the fame, where’s my cheque at?
put some money on my name and my new swag
new swag, new style like it’s 06
hashtag popstar with the optics
i don’t want the b-list with the boguses
they’ll know i’m the real deal when they notice this
notice this? i’m only dropping hits
do i control my shit? i set-built the vids
killing every stage an executionist
don’t ever let them state i made excuseses
for you i’m ready
you’re watching me, you like that
come on take a hit, come on take a hit
baby, you’re making quite the impact
lemme take a hit, show you how i handle it
i’m a bad bitch but it’s cuffing season
never needed love just some sexual healing
whenever you want whenever you need it
it’s toxic, i’m lovesick
i’m a savage till it’s cuffing season
got me on my knees fucking cartwheeling
wanna be your flex cartier gleaming
it’s toxic, i’m lovesick
credits
released August 31, 2023
Performed by Kavi
Written by Karvesh Pillai
Produced by Rino Darusman and Karvesh Pillai
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