Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Like You" by Miss Grit, a 2022 single on Mute.
New York-based, Korean-American artist Miss Grit (real name: Margaret Sohn) shares the new single "Like You," their first track released since signing to Mute Records. “Mute is one of the labels I put on a pedestal in my mind, so the fact I was even on their radar was really flattering,” Sohn said in a press release. “And then to think they believed in my music enough to want to work together made me so happy.”
Today's Song of the Day is an electropop groove that builds into a radiant burst of synths. The lyrics take inspiration from the 2014 film Ex Machina, the story of a computer programmer interacting with a beautiful robot. “I had the character of Ex Machina in mind as the voice I was singing from. Her arc in the movie felt really beautiful to me, and I wanted to reach the same ending as her in this song.”
Listen to song below, and check out their 2021 Live on KEXP at Home session, too.
