Korean-American singer and producer Yaeji has detailed her upcoming debut album, With a Hammer, out April seventh through XL Recordings. The information arrives with a run of 2023 North American tour dates and lead single “For Granted.”

Yaeji recorded With a Hammer in New York, London, and Seoul, mixing her dance music roots with Korean indie rock, electronica, and pop from the ‘90s and early 2000s. Collaborators on the album embrace British musician Loraine James and Baltimore up-and-comer Nourished by Time alongside producers Okay Wata and Enayet from Yaeji’s prolonged SLINK NYC crew.

Kicking off on April sixth in Vancouver, Yaeji’s Spring 2023 tour additionally options stops in Austin, Chicago, Toronto, and extra earlier than wrapping in Brooklyn on Might nineteenth. It’s going to additionally embrace appearances at each weekends of Coachella. Tickets go on sale Friday, January twentieth at 10:00 a.m. native time through Ticketmaster. As tickets are more likely to promote out, followers may buy them through Stubhub.

That includes a bouncy, playful beat, “For Granted” finds Yaeji ruminating about her success. “Once I give it some thought/ I don’t even know/ The way it obtained to be this fashion,” she sings, earlier than questioning how “it obtained to be so good.” Watch the self-directed video beneath.

With a Hammer follows Yaeji’s 2020 mixtape WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던. Since then, she’s reworked Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Begin Now” for the latter artist’s Membership Future Nostalgia remix album and teamed up with South Korean artist Oh Hyuk on the collaborative tracks “29” and “Yr to Yr.”

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With a Hammer Tracklist:
01. Submerge FM
02. For Granted
03. Fever
04. Handed Me By
05. With a Hammer
06. I’ll Keep in mind for You, I’ll Keep in mind for Me
07. Accomplished (Let’s Get It)
08. Prepared Or Not (feat. Okay Wata)
09. Michin (feat. Enayet)
10. Away x 5
11. Pleased (feat. Nourished by Time)
12. 1 Factor to Smash (feat. Loraine James)
13. Be Alone in This

Yaeji 2023 Tour Dates:
04/06 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/07 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
04/08 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/13 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
04/15 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition
04/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition
04/25 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
04/27 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
04/28 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
04/29 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Corridor
05/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Selection Playhouse
05/03 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
05/05 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Membership
05/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch
05/10 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
05/12 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
05/13 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Corridor
05/16 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
05/17 – Boston, MA @ Huge Evening Stay
05/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Metal