10.25.2024
Single: Yatta Bandz – “Work of Art“
The Bay Area’s Best Kept Secret Prepares For His Upcoming Acrylic EP With An Emotional New Single
The Single:
Using music as an outlet for his emotions, Yatta Bandz is making waves in the Bay Area and beyond with his vulnerable melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Today, the Hayward, CA native shares “Work of Art,” a new single from his upcoming EP, Acrylic. Yatta gets deeply personal on the track, reflecting on a past relationship and longing to feel love again. Despite recognizing the role his own shortcomings played in the breakup, he still wishes things ended differently: “I know that loving me ain’t easy, but tell me is it really that hard / And I didn’t never want to picture you leaving, ‘cuz baby you a work of art / And my heart so cold, feel froze, can’t let this one go / No one wants to feel all alone.”
“Work of Art” follows up Yatta Bandz’s recent single “My Mistake” ft. Lil Bean. The singles are the first steps on the road to Acrylic, the 22-year-old artist’s next EP. Born in Hayward, an East Bay city south of Oakland and north of Fremont, Yatta Bandz has quietly become one of the most popular rappers to emerge from the Bay Area this decade. The young rapper had a rough childhood, experiencing periods of homelessness during his elementary school years. He found his refuge in music, sharing freestyles to YouTube and building a following big enough to make his debut album a hit. Since releasing his debut project Perfect Storm in 2022, Yatta has generated over 480 million worldwide streams, including on hits like “Don’t Go” (40.3 million Spotify streams, 10 million YouTube views) and “Unseen Scars” (38 million Spotify streams, 6.7 million views on YouTube audio). Last year, Yatta followed up Perfect Storm with the heartfelt TUFF LUV, home to highlights like “Way Out West” and “Polaroid.” A showcase for his sharp songwriting and achingly honest lyrics, TUFF LUV has racked up over 50 million streams to date across platforms.
This fall, Yatta plans to refine his sound even further with Acrylic. Painting on canvas with his earworm melodies, Yatta likens himself to a master painter, with an unlimited array of colors in his palette. With 3 million streams per week on his catalog and a work of art on the way, Yatta hopes to become the next Bay Area rapper to blow. Stay tuned for the new EP, coming soon via EMPIRE.
Stream “Work of Art”: https://music.empi.re/
Photo credit: Jordan White
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The Background:
Switching flows like lanes, Yatta Bandz ducks in and out of heart-aching rhymes and magnetic melodies. The Hayward, CA rapper, singer, and artist extracts harmony out of heartbreak, transmuting trials and tribulations into airtight emotionally charged anthems and making a connection by sharing his truth. After piling up millions of streams and views independently, he perfects this soaring and soulful signature style on a series of singles for EMPIRE and more to come.
Watch “Last Ones Left” ft. 42 Dugg: https://www.youtube.com/
Stream “Last Ones Left” ft. 42 Dugg: https://music.empi.re/
Links:
instagram | youtube | spotify | tiktok
“Work of Art”: https://music.empi.re/
“My Mistake” ft. Lil Bean: https://www.youtube.com/
“Attached” ft. 3Breezy: https://www.youtube.
“Fallin Again” ft. Tatiana Manois: https://www.youtube.
TUFF LUV: https://music.empi.re/
“Unseen Scars”: https://www.youtube.
“Don’t Go”: https://www.youtube.com/