ArrDee talks new single ‘Different’ and a new “big project”: “There are all kinds of flavours”
nme.comArrDee has spoken to NME about his new single ‘Different’, his highly-anticipated debut album, and the state of UK rap.The Brighton star is set to dropped his fifth song of the year later earlier this month – with ‘Different’ flipping The Shapeshifters’ iconic debut single ‘Lola’s Theme’ as the 21-year-old fuses the house classic with his signature pop-drill sound.Talking to NME at Silverstone Circuit, he joked that the song was about “these girls that keep telling [him] they different [and] not like these other women” and was “bored of hearing it”.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine) He continued: “It sounds kind of dark and [‘Lola’s Theme’] is quite uplifting.
I mean, you play that at the end of most raves and parties anywhere and everybody comes to life and I wanted my take on it to have the same effect, so we played about with the beat a little bit more.
Shout out TSB as well – very very cold producer – and the rest wrote itself.”The ‘Oliver Twist’ rapper said it was a “long” and “weird” process to get the sample cleared – an issue many artists find difficult in the current sample era.“Five or six of them cleared it straight away and there was one left that was a little bit hard to track down,” he admitted. “But we got there eventually and everyone who was a part of the original song loves my take on it, which is always a good sign that I got their blessing.”‘Different’ is expected to be featured on the “big project” ArrDee has been working on for a few years.
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