Lipslap

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"Lipslap"
Kero Kero Bonito - Lipslap.jpg
Single by Kero Kero Bonito
from the album Bonito Generation
Released23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Gus Lobban
  • Jamie Bulled[3]
Kero Kero Bonito singles chronology
"Chicken"
(2015) 		"Lipslap"
(2016) 		"Break"
(2016)
Music video
"Lipslap" on YouTube

"Lipslap" is a song by Kero Kero Bonito, being the second single from their first studio album Bonito Generation (2016).

Background and release[]

"Lipslap" was released on 26 September 2016. The Makeness remix was released as a part of the EP Bonito Retakes (Remixes) on 30 May 2017.

Music video[]

The official video for the song was released on 7 March 2016 and uploaded to YouTube. It was directed by Theo Davies (who would also direct the video for the band's song "Trampoline").[4][5] The video is stylized as an absurd sitcom, with the band members doing nonsense around the house.[5]

Reception[]

Leah Levinson of Tiny Mix Tapes argues that "Lipslap" is best understood through the lens of cultural theorist Sianne Ngai, writing: "Sarah Bonito takes the space provided by the beat for her own self-empowerment, protesting the inherent violence of cuteness (the cute object is registered as subordinate to the subject that judged it so) as well as demonstrating the cute subject's quick slippage to monstrosity".[6]

Release history[]

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 23 February 2016 Digital download Double Denim
Sony Music Entertainment Japan

References[]

  1. ^ Taylor, Chris (November 2, 2016). "Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation". The 405. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (October 20, 2016). "Kero Kero Bonito: Bonito Generation review – no-fat nuggets of schoolyard dancehall". The Guardian. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for Lipslap". ASCAP. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Gotrich, Lars (October 25, 2016). "Is Life A Total Bore? Jump On Kero Kero Bonito's 'Trampoline'". NPR. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Hunt, El (March 7, 2016). "Sick beat: Kero Kero Bonito get their sitcom hats on in 'Lipslap' video". DIY. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Levinson, Leah (October 28, 2016). "Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 4, 2017.

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