twentythree Shares Video for New Single ‘Turn Up’
The Iranian-born, Toronto-based rapper twentythree is back with a new song, ‘Turn Up,’ and a music video to match.
twentythree has released a new single, “Turn Up.” The bass-laden track, which ups the tempo on his characteristic combination of rap and digicore, follows the release of singles “Crack” earlier this month, “Biggest Fan” in August, and the Jaeychino collaboration “Jersey Shore” in September.
The string of successful loosies arrives on the heels of the Iranian-born, Toronto-based rapper’s debut project, 6ix Pop. That arrived via the 22-year-old’s own Greezy Gang imprint on June 26, and was billed as a reflection on Toronto’s specific atmosphere through the lens of post-SoundCloud jerk. The mixtape helped boost him to over 2.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and he celebrated the release with a headlining show at Toronto’s Mod Club.
twentythree got his start making music as a kid in Iran, using VPNs to learn how to produce. He moved to Canada at 15 to live with extended family, and eventually connected with the D.C.-area producer SJR during the pandemic over a John Carpenter-esque sample pack he posted online. SJR recruited twentythree to produce a few tracks for his rap collective Too Many Strikers, and from there, it was only up.
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Although he got his start as far back as the late 2010s, twentythree burst into public consciousness last year with the sleeper hit “Queen St,” which to date has racked up over 70 million streams across platforms. He’s earned cosigns from a number of different rappers including Drake, who he counts among his Instagram followers, and fakemink, who brought twentythree out at a Toronto show earlier this year to perform “Queen St.”
In a conversation with Pitchfork earlier this year, twentythree also teased an upcoming debut album, Greezy God. He also expressed how raving around Toronto has inspired his sound and music, sharing: “Three summers ago, I started going to all types of raves: electronic, electronic pop, techno, hard techno, drum and bass, everything…I really started going because I wanted to expand my sound beyond something that I’ve created so far. Experiencing that and seeing what people dance to, what people react to, and what makes them move helped a lot with the production.”
