In the run up to her forthcoming debut album next month, Russian-born, Brit-based alt.rapper n0trixx has given a taste of the darkness within with haunting new single, hysteria [БЕГN].
Over an industrial beat and shadowy bass, and with a repeat of the song's subtitle (meaning 'run' in Russian), the track and its video are a stark look at suicidal thoughts and finding the strength to come through them.
“This song means more to me than I can put into words – it’s a celebration,” she says. “About two years ago I was walking through one of the darkest periods of my life and I was on the edge of ending it. What stopped me from doing something stupid were my two little ones – I obviously couldn’t do that to them. So I powered through. I survived.
“This song was written during that crisis. I remember the lyrics coming to me while I was routinely planning my escape. It was giving me that sense of control over my life. And I just put all of that disturbing feeling into a song.
“When I was producing the instrumental to it, I didn’t want it to sound depressing. I wanted to break the cliches. You can be dancing through your life and still desperately wanting it to end.”