"Lipslap"
Single by Kero Kero Bonito
from the album Bonito Generation
Released23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Gus Lobban
  • Jamie Bulled[3]
Kero Kero Bonito singles chronology
"Chicken"
(2015)
"Lipslap"
(2016)
"Break"
(2016)
Music video
"Lipslap" on YouTube

"Lipslap" is a song by Kero Kero Bonito, being the second single from their first studio album Bonito Generation (2016).

Background and release

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"Lipslap" was released on 26 September 2016. The Makeness remix was released as a part of the EP Bonito Retakes (Remixes) on 30 May 2017.

Music video

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The official video for the song was released on 7 March 2016 and uploaded to YouTube. It was directed by Theo Davies (who would also direct the video for the band's song "Trampoline").[4][5] The video is stylized as an absurd sitcom, with the band members doing nonsense around the house.[5]

Reception

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Leah Levinson of Tiny Mix Tapes argues that "Lipslap" is best understood through the lens of cultural theorist Sianne Ngai, writing: "Sarah Bonito takes the space provided by the beat for her own self-empowerment, protesting the inherent violence of cuteness (the cute object is registered as subordinate to the subject that judged it so) as well as demonstrating the cute subject's quick slippage to monstrosity".[6]

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 23 February 2016 Digital download Double Denim
Sony Music Entertainment Japan

References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Chris (2 November 2016). "Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation". The 405. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (20 October 2016). "Kero Kero Bonito: Bonito Generation review – no-fat nuggets of schoolyard dancehall". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for Lipslap". ASCAP. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ Gotrich, Lars (25 October 2016). "Is Life A Total Bore? Jump On Kero Kero Bonito's 'Trampoline'". NPR. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b Hunt, El (7 March 2016). "Sick beat: Kero Kero Bonito get their sitcom hats on in 'Lipslap' video". DIY. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ^ Levinson, Leah (28 October 2016). "Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 19 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)