Premiere: MOKO Gives His Bleak Assessment Of The World On “Shameless”

Two years ago, South London’s MOKO released his slickly-executed Eighteen EP, a four-track, rap-R&B hybrid that put his versatile songwriting talents on full display. He’s been a little quiet since then, but in June he returned with the determined “Back2Roadz” and now he’s back with two new tracks, “Shameless” and “Dancing With The Devil”, along with news of a new EP.

Ahead of the project, entitled 48 – Part 1 (due Sept. 23), MOKO’s also dropped off visuals for “Shameless”, a patchwork of black-and-white images to illustrate his fluid, melodious lyrics. Despite the delicate backdrop—produced by his father, Ian Green—and his own gentle vocal delivery, the track itself is actually pretty dark as he gives his somewhat bleak assessment of today’s world and where he sees it all going.

“These tracks are an insight into how I feel the world is at the moment,” MOKO tells Complex. “‘Shameless’, in particular, was made to reflect how I see the world and the dark in it.”

There isn’t too much info about the rest of the EP, but we do know it’ll feature the three already-released tracks along with four new originals. While we wait on more details, hit play on the new video up top and be sure you add “Shameless” to your playlists.

Two years ago, South London’s MOKO released his slickly-executed Eighteen EP, a four-track, rap-R&B hybrid that put his versatile songwriting talents on full display. He’s been a little quiet since then, but in June he returned with the determined “Back2Roadz” and now he’s back with two new tracks, “Shameless” and “Dancing With The Devil”, along with news of a new EP.

Ahead of the project, entitled 48 – Part 1 (due Sept. 23), MOKO’s also dropped off visuals for “Shameless”, a patchwork of black-and-white images to illustrate his fluid, melodious lyrics. Despite the delicate backdrop—produced by his father, Ian Green—and his own gentle vocal delivery, the track itself is actually pretty dark as he gives his somewhat bleak assessment of today’s world and where he sees it all going.

“These tracks are an insight into how I feel the world is at the moment,” MOKO tells Complex. “‘Shameless’, in particular, was made to reflect how I see the world and the dark in it.”

There isn’t too much info about the rest of the EP, but we do know it’ll feature the three already-released tracks along with four new originals. While we wait on more details, hit play on the new video up top and be sure you add “Shameless” to your playlists.