British woman group FLO has teamed up with iconic rapper Missy Elliott on its newest single, the empowering “Fly Girl,” together with an eye-popping music video.
The BRIT Rising Star and BBC Sound Of 2023 winners reimagine the Fly Gal for his or her followers, first established in Missy’s legendary music “Work It” in 2002.
“Fly Girl” continues FLO’s sturdy method, declaring: “If you a fly girl, get your nails done/Get a pedicure, get your hair did/See, you’re telling me I’m pretty but it’s obvious/I don’t need no man to tell me where the party is.”
In the official video, directed by former dancer for Beyonce Tajana Tokyo (Ari Lennox, Channel Tres), Stella, Renée and Jorja invite their Fly Girls to return and social gathering with them on the membership of FLO, with the music video queen Missy making a formidable entrance.
The music additionally boasts a cameo from Missy Elliott, each within the opening pattern of her hit 2002 single “Work It” and in a visitor verse later within the monitor. “Missy and FLO came to rock,” she raps. “We don’t even need a guy to tell us we fly.”
The monitor follows the trio’s earlier single, “Losing You,” which was launched in December and flipped the script on love songs, making independence and rebirth the main target.
Missy Elliott first co-signed FLO again in April 2022, when she heard their breakthrough single “Cardboard Box”’ and shared the British woman group on Twitter properly earlier than the world knew their identify. “I remember a few of their fans sent me clips of their performances, and I immediately felt the authentic 90s vibe. I loved the fact they all sang lead so well—great vocal control—so when I was asked to be a part of the ‘Fly Girl’ record, it was a no-brainer,” says Missy.
FLO additionally added, “‘Fly Girl’ is all about confidence, good vibes, and feeling your best. It’s a lively, feel-good song that still incorporates clever lyrics and fire vocals, if we do say so ourselves. It’s quite literally a perfect fusion of old school meets modern day R&B, with a nod to and feature from the original fly girl Missy Elliott herself.”
“Fly Girl” is the newest chapter in FLO’s already sensible story, which has seen them rack up over 330 million streams throughout all digital streaming platforms and safe over 1 million followers in just below a yr. Last yr, they had been named the newest winner of the BRIT Awards’ Rising Star class and adopted that triumph by being positioned high of the BBC’s Sound Of… 2023 suggestions listing.
The London-based woman group is ready to embark on its debut UK and North American reveals later this month and in April. Tickets for all of the gigs on the run bought out in seconds. Straight after the North American leg of the tour wraps up, the trio will start their first competition run, kicking off with Sol Blume in Sacramento alongside Kehlani, Dublin’s Longitude competition, Glasgow’s TRNSMT competition, and London’s Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, with two dates at Summersonic in Japan.
In January, FLO additionally teased its highly-anticipated debut album throughout an look on Elton John’s Apple Music 1 present, Rocket Hour. When requested if the group has an album on the best way, Renée Downer replied: “There sure is. It’s going to be amazing.”
Of the progress they’ve made thus far, Jorja Douglas added: “[We’re] not very far in any respect, however we had a camp–a tremendous camp–and we’ve simply bought a bunch of songs that Uzo, MNEK, vocaled, so we’re at present within the means of vocaling these.