Malaki - The Late Late Show

Malaki performing on The Late Late Show Ireland

Malaki was one of the musical guests on The Late Late Show on Friday Night, November 20th, 2020 performing the single Someone Like You 2 with Mathew. We were delighted to see him wearing his Edge Only Flat Matt Ring and Electronic Sheep X Edge Only 'Mixed Tape' Pendant on stage. 

Malaki performing on the RTE Late Late Show November 20, 2020

Malaki performing on the Late Late Show on RTE November 20th, 2020

The rising star from Dublin has been gaining national and international airplay - including on the Jack Saunders show on BBC - for his new single 'Someone Like You 2'. It already has over 145,000 streams on Spotify since its release last month.

Watch his Late Late Show performance with Mathew here

Originally recorded as part of Rave On, Van Morrison – a celebration of the legendary singer’s 75th birthday organised by Hot Press magazine during the summer. The decision was made to release it as a single following interest from the UK. 

'Someone Like You 2', was released via Hot Press Records:

“Myself and Matthew spent quite a while deciding the best route to take, I made the decision to write my own verses to allow for change. The song is over 30 years old, so I wanted to put my own modern-day-love-story spin on it, while incorporating samples of Van Morrison’s voice alongside Matthew’s vocals." Malaki

Jack Saunders, the highly influential BBC Radio One DJ, hailed Dublin breakout hip hop star Malaki as “An amazing talent.”
Malaki’s 'Someone Like You 2' was selected for the Next Wave slot on the show, “I think you should fall in love with him,” Saunders said. "It's the most important piece of brand new music you are going to hear tonight on the show and this evening I'm going to introduce you to a guy out of Dublin... For Malaki, words are considered a delicacy. Every single word pondered over to make sure it hits just as hard as the last."
Check out the Malaki website for more www.malakimusic.com and follow him on Spotify and on social.
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