Singer, songwriter, and producer Kenya Grace launches her bold new chapter with ‘Mr. Cool’ a tech-house tinged heater, rooted in her signature blend of electronic, pop and underground UK bass music sonics with her ethereal vocals and rich with emotions storytelling. The upbeat track playfully (and thoughtfully) drags the darker side of dating, cleverly reversing the script of the “player” narrative from a confident and nonchalant perspective. Listen to the infectiously cool, meticulously crafted new single via Major Recordings / Warner Records.
Her first official release since 2024’s ‘The After Taste’ EP – which included her history-making breakout smash ‘Strangers’ — ‘Mr. Cool’ instantly drops the listener onto the dancefloor via warm bass, shuffling drums, and swelling synths. Against that upbeat backdrop, though, Kenya paints a vivid picture of a lothario type stuck in a soulless cycle: “I know what you think about / I know how you play around / Gone through every girl in town / But tell me, are you happy now?”
When speaking about the track Kenya said: “This song is about hookup culture and specifically a guy who is a player, it’s about how this kind of behavior is looked up to in society, but I think it must be lonely never making any substantial connection. It’s an upbeat dance song representing the party lifestyle, but the lyrics speak about the darker side of this way of living.”
After writing, producing, and performing her past works with zero input from anyone else, Kenya is now evolving — from a one-woman show working out of her bedroom, to the director of her sonic world. For ‘Mr. Cool’ she writes and produces, but also brings in additional programming from Tony Berg (Boygenius, Taylor Swift), JOYRYDE (Owsla, HARD Recs), and EASYFUN (PC Music, Charli XCX). The end result is expansive, impactful, and unmistakably Kenya Grace.