Mykki Blanco's Mind Is A Playground In 'You Will Find It'

Mykki Blanco is listening to Lady Gaga and jazz musician Alice Coltrane while lighting some fresh sage on their new track, "You Will Find It." This introspective new tune digs into the rapper's mind and features singer Devendra Banhart to deliver some wispy accompanying vocals. The product is practically an interview over a beat, detailing Blanco's thought process in 2020 and going forward. This feels like the starting of a pretty takeover.


Blanco's new playground is a ball of smoke that unfurls in your face. Its ethereal background makes "You Will Find It" sound distinctly oblong and alien. Just as you start to float away from Earth due to Banhart's smooth vocals, Blanco rapidly snaps you back inside your physical body with booming bars about haters, their financial preferences once it comes to appropriate partners, and serving looks with ease.


"It's prophecy she speaking/ Mean glasses any time as soon as she blinking," Blanco raps with an edge, sending a chill up your spine. "Why you acting so suspicious/ In this life you get three wishes." They don't tell you what theirs is though; Blanco leaves you to ponder the meaning of the statement. What would your three wishes be? Of everything we learn about Blanco here, it's clear that they're prepared to leave their mark on the year and it also begins with this pensive release.


In a statement received by Pitchfork, Blanco explained why they dropped the song right now. "I felt like I had this capsule of really good energy and I required to release it right now and not wait yet let the vibe be felt right now in this really anxious moment — so it may feel like a light hearted mini mediation amidst all of the current noise."


Blanco dropped their first studio album, Mykki, in 2016. They're planning on releasing a new project, Stay Close to Music, Stay Close to God, this spring. Blanco revealed to Billboard last August that the LP will feature artists like cellist Kelsey Lu and singer Diana Gordon.


Madonna featured Blanco in the video for "Dark Ballet" last year. In it, Blanco starred as French heroine Joan of Arc.


Listen to Blanco and Banhart's new song, "You Will Find It," up above.