HERE’S YOUR SOUNDTRACK TO A STORY THAT ALMOST NEVER GOT TO BE TOLD — A NEW MASHUP EP: @XILAMARIARIVERRED — IN REVERENCE TO MOTHER, LIVING DOWN IN MAMA FRIDA COUNTRY. 💿🌵🎨
JULY’S BEEN HOT, BUT THIS DROP? IT’S EVEN HOTTER — AND ROOTED IN A MEMORY THAT COULD’VE BEEN A WHOLE BLESSING BLOCKED. 😅 #STORYTIME TIME TRAVEL BACK TO WHEN IN THE ZONE DROPPED: I WAS IN THE CAR WITH MY MOM, HEADED TO PICK UP THE CD. MY BROTHER’S ROOMMATE DECIDES TO WARN HER, “I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SHOULD LET HIM GET THAT… SHE’S TALKING ABOUT TOUCHING HERSELF.” 😳
MY MOM LOOKS AT ME LIKE “IS THAT TRUE?!” — AND I GAVE HER THAT SWEET 🐱 #PUSSNBOOTS LOOK AND GO “I DON’T KNOW!” SHE GOES, “WELL… YOU’RE GETTING THE EDITED VERSION THEN.” 😭
BUT WHAT I DID KNOW WAS THAT MOMMA MS. BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS WAS NOT OUT HERE BEING VULGAR — AND CERTAINLY NOT SERVING A TRACK ABOUT FINGER BLASTING MID-ALBUM WHILE GIVING US VELVET-VOICED BREATHINESS, OKAY? SO I GOT THAT CD, I PLAYED IT TO DEATH, AND I’VE BEEN REMIXING HER EVER SINCE. 🙏🏾✨
NOW, 20-SOMETHING YEARS LATER, I PRESENT TO YOU:
💨 BREATHING ME ON ME FT. @TYLAURBAN — A LUSCIOUS BLEND OF BREATHE ON ME AND BREATHE ME, THIS TRACK IS SEXY, SLOW-BURNING, AND BREATHED IN STEREO.
🎨 DON’T TOUCH UP MY ART FT. @TYLAURBAN & @MABEL — A TRINITY OF TOUCH OF MY HAND, DON’T CALL ME UP, AND ART. IT’S A CELEBRATION OF SELF-LOVE, BOUNDARIES, AND THE FINE LINE BETWEEN POP ART AND POP ICON.
💋 SO WHILE THAT ROOMMATE TRIED TO BLOCK DESTINY, THE REMIX GODS SAID “NOT TODAY.” BLESS THIS MIX, THIS MEMORY, AND THIS MOMENT.
⚠️ IF EITHER SONG GETS REMOVED, FOLLOW MY SOCIALS — PLAN TO SEE IT AGAIN ON MY TIKTOK OR YOUTUBE. THESE TRACKS ARE TOO GOOD TO STAY GONE FOR LONG. 🔁📲
FOLLOW @THEROUGHDRAPHT ON TIKTOK & @STEPHTERELL ON YOUTUBE FOR MORE REMIXES, UNBLOCKED BLESSINGS, AND SOUNDTRACKS TO YOUR OWN POP CULTURE COMING-OF-AGE 📼🔥