British woman group FLO has teamed up with iconic rapper Missy Elliott on its newest single, the empowering \u201cFly Girl,\u201d together with an eye-popping music video.<\/p>\n
The BRIT Rising Star and BBC Sound Of 2023 winners reimagine the Fly Gal for his or her followers, first established in Missy\u2019s legendary music \u201cWork It\u201d in 2002.<\/p>\n
\u201cFly Girl\u201d continues FLO\u2019s sturdy method, declaring: \u201cIf you a fly girl, get your nails done\/Get a pedicure, get your hair did\/See, you\u2019re telling me I\u2019m pretty but it\u2019s obvious\/I don\u2019t need no man to tell me where the party is.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n In the official video, directed by former dancer for Beyonce Tajana Tokyo (Ari Lennox, Channel Tres), Stella, Ren\u00e9e and Jorja invite their Fly Girls<\/em> to return and social gathering with them on the membership of FLO, with the music video queen Missy making a formidable entrance.<\/p>\n The music additionally boasts a cameo from Missy Elliott, each within the opening pattern of her hit 2002 single \u201cWork It\u201d and in a visitor verse later within the monitor. \u201cMissy and FLO came to rock<\/em>,\u201d she raps. \u201cWe don\u2019t even need a guy to tell us we fly.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n The monitor follows the trio\u2019s earlier single, \u201cLosing You,\u201d<\/a><\/strong> which was launched in December and flipped the script on love songs, making independence and rebirth the main target.<\/p>\n Missy Elliott first co-signed FLO again in April 2022, when she heard their breakthrough single \u201cCardboard Box<\/strong><\/a>\u201d\u2019 and shared the British woman group on Twitter properly earlier than the world knew their identify. \u201cI 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\u2014great vocal control\u2014so when I was asked to be a part of the \u2018Fly Girl\u2019 record, it was a no-brainer,\u201d says Missy.<\/p>\n FLO additionally added, \u201c\u2018Fly Girl\u2019 is all about confidence, good vibes, and feeling your best. It\u2019s a lively, feel-good song that still incorporates clever lyrics and fire vocals, if we do say so ourselves. It\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFly Girl\u201d is the newest chapter in FLO\u2019s 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\u2019 Rising Star class<\/a><\/strong> and adopted that triumph by being positioned high of the BBC\u2019s Sound Of\u2026 2023<\/a><\/strong> suggestions listing.<\/p>\n The London-based woman group is ready to embark on its debut UK and North American reveals<\/a><\/strong> 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\u2019s Longitude competition, Glasgow\u2019s TRNSMT competition, and London\u2019s Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, with two dates at Summersonic in Japan.<\/p>\n In January, FLO additionally teased its highly-anticipated debut album<\/a><\/strong> throughout an look on Elton John<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Apple Music 1 present, Rocket Hour<\/em>. When requested if the group has an album on the best way, Ren\u00e9e Downer replied: \u201cThere sure is. It\u2019s going to be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n Of the progress they\u2019ve made thus far, Jorja Douglas added: \u201c[We\u2019re] not very far in any respect, however we had a camp\u2013a tremendous camp\u2013and we\u2019ve simply bought a bunch of songs that Uzo, MNEK, vocaled, so we’re at present within the means of vocaling these.<\/p>\n