Danny Brown – Starburst

Danny Brown is back with Stardust and it’s already looking like a hyper-pop fever dream

Strap in, buckle up, and maybe pre-order some earplugs while you’re at it. The Detroit rap alien/veteran/mad scientist has been cooking something noisy, glitchy, and downright unhinged. And if you thought his JPEGMAFIA tag team (Scaring The Hoes, 2023) or the snarling introspection of Quaranta were wild rides, you haven’t even seen him put on his glitter-cape yet.

Since then, Brown has been bouncing around the hyperpop universe like a cracked-out pinball — collabing with Frost Children, Alice Longyu Gao, 8485, and even popping up with A.G. Cook at Coachella like some chaotic guest Pokémon encounter. All roads, however, lead to his new LP, Stardust (out November). First taste? The lead single “Starburst” — a rave-thumper that sounds like a candy sugar rush detonating inside a blender, and we mean that in the best possible way.

Produced by Portuguese beat wizard Holly (who also cooked up the Quaranta title track), “Starburst” has Brown on his classic nasal-yammer flow, slicing syllables like Ginsu knives while Frost Children’s Angel Prost sneaks in at the tail end with co-writer credits. It’s loud, it’s jagged, it’s weirdly anthemic — basically the musical equivalent of getting glitter in your eye at 4am and deciding you’re into it.

The guest list for Stardust looks like someone threw all of SoundCloud’s underground boss-level characters into a group chat: Jane Remover, Quadeca, Femtanyl, underscores, JOHNNASCU, 8485, IssBrokie, Nnamdi, Ta Ukraika, and Zheani. Not an ounce of chill in sight.

And if that wasn’t enough chaos, Brown’s also dropped a DEADHORSES-directed video for “Starburst” where he debuts his new glam-superhero look: shirtless, shredded, rocking mutant boots and rocking a peroxide dye-job that screams “Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man meets rave gremlin.” Honestly, it’s iconic.

Stardust drops on November 7thvia Warp Records, followed by a month-long headline tour with underscores and Femtanyl as openers. Basically: the circus is coming to town, and Danny’s running the big top.

“Stardust,” out on November 7th via WARP.

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Lyrics_ Starburst

better shape up and get them squares out ya circle
if all these niggas bosses then tell me who the workers 
cause these niggas lurking
pull up like leaving hurter 
they talk about them murders
till they ride behind them hearstes 

present is the past in a second
so count your blessings
the lesson in the essence
that snatch u out adolescence 

they woke me up inside
like listen to evanesence
was microphone checking 
at seven 
no half stepping 

pull the weapon 
on a reverend 
and tell him run the collection 
if he hesitate a second 
im sending his ass to heaven 

they woke up the monster 
so i divide and conquer 
I ponder 
going bonkers 
then knocking out ya chompers
I wonder 
why they somber 
when they stand in front of your honor 
but when they in them streets 
they going nuts like conker 

big big guy 
dropping them small fries 
like a lunch rush came in 
and everybody called in 
these niggas want the smoke 
like twenty twin twin 
use to get hit with bricks 
like Deebo at the end 

If getting money a sin 
I’m going straight to hell 
I sold all my shares 
that’s why y’all stocks fell 
well well well 
im leaving em all pale 
snatch a rapper soul
make him a shell of hisself 

I’m lifting all them curses 
with what I do with them verses 
God of the underground 
change channels on them commercials

surface level im grounded 
taking em deep to drown you 
type great white 
surrounded by flounder 
out here in them streets 
keep them niggas 
from round you 
they purpose 
Is a circus 
And these niggas 
A clown you 

they minstrel 
with the pencil 
a burden to instrumentals 
I put it to your temple 
and turn a nigga to lentil 
in Bruno magli shoes 
I’m leaving tracks orenthal 
essential with utensils 
im chopping with the gensu

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