Liquorice (song)

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"Liquorice"
Single by Azealia Banks
from the EP 1991
ReleasedJune 14, 2012 (2012-06-14)
Recorded2011
GenreAcid house[1]
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Lone
Azealia Banks singles chronology
"212"
(2011) 		"Liquorice"
(2012) 		"Yung Rapunxel"
(2013)

"Liquorice" is a song by American rapper

interracial dating. A music video for the single was directed by Rankin
and was released in June 2012.

"Liquorice" received mostly positive reviews from

2013 Glastonbury Festival
.

Composition

"Liquorice"
A 19-second sample of "Liquorice", an acid house song
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"Liquorice" was described as an acid house track by Dart Chris from Exclaim! magazine.[2] The song is built around "Pineapple Crush", a house song produced by British electronic musician Lone, who also produced "Liquorice".[3] The track features synthesizers in its instrumentation.[4] Michael Cragg from The Guardian described Banks' vocals on the track as "playfully aggressive, featherlight and brilliantly smutty."[5] According to Banks, the song was partly inspired by American producer Diplo.[6]

Lyrically, "Liquorice" contains "

interracial dating; Banks explained: "I date lots of white guys. It's still seen as slightly taboo in African American culture, but I thought, 'Let me put this in your face and tell it how it is.'"[7]

Release and reception

Banks performing on her Mermaid Ball tour in New York

Banks posted "Liquorice" onto her

Ultratip chart of Belgium on July 7, 2012.[9]

Dan Weiss from

Boston Phoenix named "Liquorice" a "genuinely 1991-sounding" song,[10] while Sarah Murphy from Exclaim! deemed it "undeniably catchy."[1]

Larry Fitzmaurice of

Pitchfork Media named "Liquorice" the "Best New Track" following its release; he praised the use of "Pineapple Crush" on the song, commenting: "Lone's bright tones and winding sense of melody meshes well with Banks' light, airy vocals, while Azealia spits quick over 'Pineapple Crush''s breakbeat rhythmic pattern without losing a handle on the beat, unleashing clever rhymes [...] without breaking a sweat."[11] In a mixed review, Alex Macpherson from Fact wrote that Banks "feels slightly overwhelmed by its broad synth brushstrokes."[4]

Music video

The music video for "Liquorice" was released on June 14, 2012.

Idolator wrote: "Azealia sports bull horns, wields a baseball bat, seductively licks a Popsicle and takes a mouthful of a hot dog."[12] Robin Murray from Clash deemed the video for the song "lavish."[15]

Live performances

In June 2012, Banks included "Liquorice" on the set list for her first headlining concert tour, Mermaid Ball, in support of 1991 and Banks' mixtape

Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.[17] The song was also included on Banks' set list at Glastonbury Festival 2013.[18]

Track listing

Digital download[8]
  1. "Liquorice" – 3:16

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[9] 73

References

  1. ^ a b c Murphy, Sarah (December 19, 2011). "Azealia Banks 'Liquorice'". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Dart, Chris (June 13, 2012). "Azealia Banks 1991". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Hear new Azealia Banks: 'Liquorice'". Fact. December 18, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Azealia Banks: 1991". Fact. June 20, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  5. ^ Cragg, Michael (December 19, 2011). "New music: Azealia Banks – Liquorice | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  6. Vulture
    . December 19, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  7. GQ. Archived from the original
    on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "iTunes – Music – Liquorice – Single by Azealia Banks". United Kingdom: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on October 25, 2013.
  9. ^
    Ultratip
    . Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  10. Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original
    on February 18, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  11. Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  12. ^
    Idolator
    . Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  13. ^ Battan, Carrie (June 14, 2012). "Video: Azealia Banks: 'Liquorice'". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  14. ^ Corner, Lewis (June 15, 2012). "Azealia Banks becomes a cowgirl for 'Liquorice' music video – watch". Digital Spy. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  15. ^ Murray, Robin (June 15, 2012). "Watch: Azealia Banks – Liquorice". Clash. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  16. ^ Trammel, Matthew (June 4, 2012). "Azealia Banks Throws a Mermaid Ball in New York". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  17. ^ "BBC – Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012". BBC. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  18. ^ "BBC – Glastonbury – 2013 – Acts: Azealia Banks". BBC. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

External links

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