Malaki - The Riddler (Single)

Dublin rapper Malaki has shared his latest no-holds-barred single, ‘The Riddler’.

Having made impact with previous release ‘Someone Like You 2’ which transformed a Van Morrison classic into a bone-chilling commentary on toxic masculinity and its effect on Irish youth, ‘The Riddler’ is just as hard-hitting. Puzzling over anxiety, self-medication and primal fear with morbid fascination, the Stillorgan native engages in a daring tightrope walk along the very edge of sanity as he unveils Calvero, his manic alter-ego.

Reuniting with producer and frequent collaborator Matthew Harris, ‘The Riddler’ breathes life into a new era for the enigmatic young artist. Malaki is never too afraid to plunge headfirst into the darkest elements of the human condition, and this time he is shedding his ‘butterfly boy’ naivety in favour of gritty, audacious new offerings. ‘The Riddler’ is brutally honest, its orchestrator fully embracing his status as an anti-hero – Malaki isn’t here to hand you the answers, nor use his enviable talent for distilling Gen Z trauma into clipped verses for good instead of evil. ‘The Riddler’ finds calm in chaos, and catharsis in a good laugh.

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