PUSSY RIOT RELEASE “BAD TRIP” PRODUCED BY MYKKA FEATURING NOVA TWINS

Pussy Riot has released their single “Bad Trip” featuring the UK’s Nova Twins and multi-platinum Argentinian producer Mykka, creating a hard, fierce protest track, which states: “You’ll never see us coming, There’s nowhere to escape. Power, superNova, Pussy Riot til it’s over. etc”

Nadya Riot says: “Mykka played this beat for me and I got obsessed and begged her to give it to me. It sounds menacing and dominant. I’m a big fan of Bosch so I wanted to imagine what would be my version of hell / bad trip in this track – being mansplained and totally dominated would be a version of hell for me, that’s why my verse goes: “Mansplain me! i don’t really know what am i doing with my life, how to be a woman, tell me how to be a wife, tell me how to kiss and tell me how to die. wanna be obedient, i wanna be your wife wife.”

Nova Twins say: “We love Pussy Riot and all that they stand for, so when Nadya messaged us during lockdown, asking us to feature on “Bad Trip”, we were super excited! The tune bangs and they are a force of nature!”

ABOUT PUSSY RIOT:
Conceptual performance artist and activist Nadya Riot is the creator of Pussy Riot, a global feminist protest art movement. Today, hundreds of people identify as a part of the Pussy Riot community. She was sentenced in 2012 to 2 years’ imprisonment following an anti-Putin performance. Published a book “Read and riot: Pussy Riot’s guide to activism”.

Co-founder of independent news service and media outlet, Mediazona, co-founder of the art-collecting collective Unicorn DAO, instrumental in raising over $7 million for Ukraine, she has spoken before the US Congress, British Parliament, European Parliament, appeared as herself on season 3 of House of Cards, performed at Banksy’s “Dismaland” exhibition. Pussy Riot’s Punk-prayer was named by The Guardian among the best art pieces of the 21st century (“feminist, explicitly anti-Putin, protesting the banning of gay pride and the Orthodox church’s support of the president”), endorsed by Marina Abramovic, Judy Chicago and Ai Weiwei, created an immersive experience in London’s Saatchi gallery, curated the auction “My Body, My Business” at Sotheby’s etc. Her protest art piece “Virgin Mary, Please Become a Feminist” and Putin’s Ashes art installation at Deitch Gallery in January 2023 propelled her into a new criminal case and put on Russia’s most wanted criminal list. New Mexico [CONTAINER] gallery recently hosted 2-floors Pussy Riot exhibition Putin’s Ashes in July-August 2023. More institutional art shows are coming up for Pussy Riot.

ABOUT NOVA TWINS:
Asked about what it takes to make it into a Nova Twins song, the heavy alt. rock renegades have a few words that spring to mind. “Power and fight” replies singer & guitarist Amy Love. “Imagination” adds bassist Georgia South. “We imagined this band because we didn’t have anyone like us to look up to. That was the fun bit. There were no rules to who we can be.” Nova Twins are the zeitgeist-capturing polymath pioneers that our times have been waiting for. Their debut album Who Are The Girls? planted their flag as outliers on a mission. The same fighting spirit is ingrained in their new, Mercury Shortlisted album Supernova, a piece of work that’s fearlessly itself–once again playing with genre and rich in different moods, textures, and layers, all the while retaining that purity & simplicity of the essential elements: South, Love, bass, guitars, drums, and a whole lot of energy. A clash of ideas from the worlds of punk, rap, pop, rock & beyond, their sound is one that smashes genres and showcases the many facets of the duo, resulting in one of the scene’s fiercest live acts with 2x BRIT nominations (“Best Group” & “Best Rock/Alt”) to their name. Nova Twins reach a very broad church, without diluting what they’re all about. If more artists blazed a trail like this, we’d be celebrating a lot more difference, rather than creating what’s safe and similar. From being “shunned” when they arrived on the scene, now Nova Twins are leading a game all their own. Now, there are no rules.

ABOUT MYKKA:
Making music since the age of eleven, MYKKA is currently one of the most sought after DJs and producers in South America. She has performed at events such as Lollapalooza and Creamfields, she has toured as the official DJ of Seven Kayne, and has produced hits for the likes of Bad Bunny, Cazzu, Omar Varela and many more.