It’s sizzling and summer time looks as if it’s by no means going to finish. However no person informed Reneé Rapp, as a result of on Thursday evening (July 31) the singer took to the stage of The Late Show and cranked up the usually bone-chilling temperature within the Ed Sullivan Theater a number of levels with a swoony, efficiency of her new single, “Shy.”
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The track from her new album, Chew Me, out right now (Aug. 1), already has large ’90s pop vitality, however Rapp amped up the drama along with her one lady play-style efficiency, which started with the singer sitting on the ground of a New York house set. With a fan listlessly making an attempt to chill her off, Rapp took a chew of an apple and tossed it out the window as she sang, “It’s onerous to make me nervous/ A lot simpler to piss me off/ However everytime you’re round, babe/ I kiss the bottom you’re walkin’ on,” over acoustic guitar strums.
Putting poses on the ground of the cramped loft, Rapp crooned the track’s pressing refrain, emoting, “Don’t deal with me with care/ Once you’re pullin’ my hair/ Child, spoil my life/ I need it again I swear/ And I’m actually not scared/ Just a bit bit shy,” the fan blowing her hair dramatically because the music swelled.
The Imply Ladies Broadway veteran then confirmed off her performing chops, dramatically bending over within the flat’s window, her hair dangling as she sang about additionally being violent when she’s sober whereas the band backed her up with a bass-heavy, bounce whereas she struck poses on the fireplace escape set. Treating it like a showcase track in a mini-musical, Rapp climbed up onto the ladder and lustily promised to do issues “your exes received’t.”
The 12-track album reunites Rapp along with her Snow Angel govt producer Alexander 23, together with collaborators together with Omer Fedi, Ryan Tedder, Julian Bunetta, and Carter Lang for an LP that has a heavy 90s alt-rock, early 2000s pop-punk vibe. Rapp will hit the highway for her Chew Me tour starting on Sept. 23 at Denver’s legendary Purple Rocks Amphitheatre.
Watch Rapp carry out “Shy” on the The Late Present beneath.