Shamir – “90’s Kids”

Shamir – “90’s Kids”
2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2
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Shamir just dropped “90’s Kids,” the lead single off his upcoming album Revelations, with a music video featuring the singer superimposed onto viral memes most recognizable to fellow 90’s kids: Shamir as Salt Bae, Arthur’s fist, and “tea frog,” among countless others. “They say we’re don’t feel pain/They say we’re gross and vain,” Shamir sings over the guitar-fronted instrumental, a middle finger to the generation’s biggest critics: economists, their parents, and anyone who doesn’t get the appeal of the dog filter.

“90’s Kids” is Shamir’s first label-backed release in a year that has seen the singer switch genres and approaches completely. His…