Poppy puts on “Scary Mask” with FEVER 333 in new video
At long last, Poppy‘s highly anticipated and extensively teased collab with FEVER 333 has arrived.
“Scary Mask” mixes two very different genres together in a chilling, yet high-energy pop-rock track.
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Jumping between a slow, melancholy beat and a roots metal sound, the track acts as a balanced genre identity crisis with a chaotic FEVER-crafted backdrop.
The singer finally dropped the collab on Twitter today, featuring a chilling album cover of Poppy wearing a “Scary Mask.”
“Scary Mask ft. @fever333out now!” the tweet reads.
Scary Mask ft. @fever333
out now!https://t.co/q9FyRAhuAO pic.twitter.com/pL95R1Sxmj— Poppy (@poppy) May 29, 2019
After giving a 24-hour drop warning for her fans, the singer continued to tease the track with a lyric snippet a few hours ahead of the release.
“Never gonna take it off, so don’t touch me #scarymask,” the tweet reads.
Never gonna take it off, so don’t touch me #scarymask
— Poppy (@poppy) May 28, 2019
The song’s music video dropped soon after, giving a horror-inspired backstory corresponding fittingly to the album art.
Check out the video below.
After initially teasing the track in April, the singer and FEVER 333 shared a social media exchange before she eventually confirmed the collab.
Poppy was interview by Billboard at the BBMAs where she revealed the track’s release date and first mentioned FEVER 333.
Poppy being interviewed by @billboard at the #BBMAs red carpet. pic.twitter.com/n7ZvRNIern
— Poppy Updates (@PoppyUpdate) May 1, 2019
The artists then doubled down on teasers, with both sharing short video clips of the collab.
Scary Mask teaser
out May 29
Scary Mask ft. @fever333 pic.twitter.com/LhWJzhPqHz
— Poppy (@poppy) May 21, 2019
FEVER 333 x @POPPY
SCARY MASK
MAY 29 pic.twitter.com/5ZRAFFk52U
— FEVER 333 (@fever333) May 15, 2019
“Scary Mask” is available on all platforms now, available here.
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