After skyrocketing to popularity in France where he composed mixed and mastered 1 song per week for a year with his concept Rilèsundayz (+250m views /+220M streams), Rilès is back with a new single “Marijuana”, first track from his debut album and a stunning video featuring Snoop Dogg.
With “Marijuana”, Rilès is showing us a new side of himself, more soulful and organic. It’s the first joint venture between 3 of the biggest international labels (Republic/Polydor UK/Capitol FR) in many years. Rilès is the artist to follow in 2019. His debut album is set to be out before the summer.
‘MARIJUANA’ talks about my relationship with cannabis and its counter-productive effects that goes against my habits/mentality. The chorus “Baby, you’ve been on my mind” introduces marijuana in an attractive way, which aims to trick the listener who might think I’m talking about a woman at the very beginning of the song. However, the further you go through the song, the more you’ll notice that I’m talking about the drug and its similarities with woman/sex/lust which are also a drug in a certain way. The video starts with a random work night at my desk when suddenly I’m struck by the need of marijuana. The video depicts the tribulations I go through to try to resist the drug before succumbing to it and ending up laying down in my bed. ‘ – Rilès
MAKE SURE TO CATCH RILES DURING HIS WARM UP TOUR!
March 19 – Koln – CBE (DE)
March 21 – Berlin – Lido (DE)
March 23 – Budapest – A38 ship (HUN)
March 25 – London – Electric Brixton (UK)
March 30 – Amsterdam, Bitterzoet (NL)
April 1 – NYC, Rough Trade (USA)
April 2 – LA, Echo (USA)
April 3 – San Francisco, Independent (USA)
April 7 – Montreal, Corona (CA)