The multi-talented Saint Lane is kicking 2025 off in a big way! The Gold Coast-based NZ/Fijian rapper-singer/songwriter has just dropped ‘Flashback’ - a collaboration with Australian ‘beat maker and rump shaker’, Mattymadeit.
Listen to ‘Flashback HERE / Watch the video for ‘Flashback’ HERE
‘Flashback’ arrives as Saint Lane heads out on tour across Australia with Keli Holiday (created by Adam Hyde from Peking Duk). The new single gives listeners a taste of his fun side, with its high energy, UK garage grooves.
“This is probably the most upbeat song I have ever released,” says Saint Lane.
The collaboration between Saint Lane and Mattymadeit came about through a mutual appreciation for each other's work. “Matty has been occasionally sending me beats for a few years now. Then at a mutual friend’s gig we talked about our shared love of stand up comedy, which really started a friendship.”
It led to Mattymadeit sending the beat for ‘Flashback’ and fans will be pleased to hear it’s not the only track to emerge from this exciting musical partnership. ”Immediately I was hooked. We teed up our first session together and recorded this song, then another, then another. After a few sessions we have completed an entire album. It's the fastest but most natural turnaround for a record I've ever had.”
Saint Lane, who is also an in-demand stand up comedian, adds that the vibe of ‘Flashback’ was also influenced by a comedy tour throughout the US and Europe last year, opening for Australian comedian, Frenchy. “Travelling through Europe was where I really got inspired to want to make this sort of UK garage-influenced music,” he says.
‘Flashback’ comes with a video, directed by Monteemadeit, who has worked with the likes of Lady Gaga, Troye Sivan, Kid Laroi.
Saint Lane has established himself as a dynamic force in the New Zealand and Australian music industry. Since his inception, Lane has collaborated with Andrew Dawson (Kanye West’s producer) and Mike Malichicoff (Kids See Ghosts' producer), and locally featured on tracks with Bootleg Rascal, Robbie Miller, and Travy P. His previous releases have been widely embraced by the likes of triple j, The Edge, Mai fm, NIU fm, ZM, Apple Music’s 1 Radio, Spotify and Apple Music, with Lane also receiving online praise from The Needle Drop, NME, Billboard (USA), Pilerats, The Guardian, Sniffers (NZ), GQ, Pedestrian TV and MTV Upload.
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