EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
EARMILK EARMILK
EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Dark Pop

REI AMI arrives with sinister glee in "MAKE IT MINE"

  • August 23, 2019
  • Katey Ceccarelli
Total
0
Shares
0
0

There's an insidious energy brewing in Rockville, Maryland. And it's arriving via the most unlikely of vessels: 24-year-old dark bedroom pop producer REI AMI. Branded as #reipop, the artist's sinister debut "MAKE IT MINE" squashes any misinterpretations about her intentions in the industry: to fuck shit up. 

Brazenly opening with her distorted vocaloid demanding "can you shut the fuck up?," "MAKE IT MINE" is an odd amalgamation of nursery rhyme melody with REI AMI's girlish yet maniacal vocals ("cross my heart, hope you die"), draped atop a sinister trap beat. You can't help but fall into her macabre trance with lines like "open casket, open bar."

Born in Seoul, South Korea and transplanted to the states at age six, REI AMI's strictly Christian upbringing forbade "worldly" (read: not religious) music, thus adding diesel fuel to the creative fire kindling within her. “I remember getting in a lot of trouble from my parents whenever I got caught listening to music that wasn’t Christian. There was this one time my iTunes popped up while my dad was using the computer, and he saw ‘Birthday Sex’ by Jeremih and flipped out on me and told me I was going to go to hell for listening to that kind of music,” she shares.

Living in 2019 feels a lot like hell these days, but REI AMI flips the madness on its head, resulting in a sound dripping with jarring uniqueness. Embrace the darkness within.  

Connect with REI AMI: Instagram | Twitter

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • REI AMI
Katey Ceccarelli

Previous Article
  • Electronic
  • Rock

graves taps Bishu for emo/dance hybrid "Tear Me Apart" [Exclusive Playlist]

  • August 23, 2019
  • Katey Ceccarelli
View Article
Next Article
  • Soul
  • Videos

Pieces of a Man stand their ground in session video for "Grits"

  • August 23, 2019
  • Evan Crandell
View Article
You May Also Like
View Article
  • Alt-Pop
  • Alternative R&B
  • Dark Pop
  • Pop

iyla tightens dark pop tension on "Corset"

  • July 12, 2025
View Article
  • Dark Pop
  • Indie
  • Indie Pop
  • Indie Rock
  • Music Videos
  • Pop

Foster The People impress with their double music video feature

  • May 8, 2025
View Article
  • Dark Pop
  • Pop

K RHEN delivers deeply personal and powerful EP 'Breaking Point'

  • March 24, 2025
View Article
  • Dark Pop
  • Electro Pop
  • Indie
  • Pop

Fanfickk is giving away her entire discography for free

  • March 19, 2025
View Article
  • Ambient
  • Dark Pop
  • Electronic
  • Indie
  • Indie Pop
  • Mainstage
  • New Music
  • Pop

Baths shares his Gut feelings

  • February 26, 2025
View Article
  • Dark Pop
  • Dreamwave
  • Drone
  • New Music

Bria Salmena unveils bold new single "Stretch the Struggle"

  • January 31, 2025
View Article
  • Dark Pop
  • Goth Pop
  • Indie
  • New Music
  • New Wave
  • Post-Punk

ElliS-D gets fretful and fearful on new fuzzed out single "Shakedown"

  • November 10, 2024
View Article
  • Alternative Rock
  • Dark Pop
  • Dreampop
  • Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • Post-Rock
  • Shoegaze

ALPHABET's debut single "Artificial Light" shines brightly

  • September 21, 2024
Popular Music
  • Crying On The Dancefloor: Sofi Nova's "Go Pick Up Your Phone" is an anthem that spans bass and pop music with bliss..
    • July 15, 2025
  • Soft Cuff teams up with 9henom on soulful "Dennis Quaalude (PTSD)"
    • July 15, 2025
  • Tender Realisation: Flo Fields Finds Healing in Heartbreak In Debut Single "Dependency"
    • July 15, 2025
  • Bailey Hyneman Returns with Soulful Sophistication on Latest EP ‘AGAIN’
    • July 15, 2025
  • Halley Neal releases the ultimate friendship anthem with "Emily"
    • July 15, 2025
Recent Scoops
  • Jay Tone is carving out his space with "Puzzles"
    • July 7, 2025
  • Matt Oakley is redefining country music with heart, soul and modernity
    • May 5, 2025
  • Texas’ Blacktop Mojo does rock music the way it should be done
    • April 29, 2025
  • Tha Rapper Haiti blends authentic style with musical passion
    • April 28, 2025
Community Voices
  • From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton
    • July 14, 2022
  • Tyler the creator
    4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour
    • March 31, 2022
  • 4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022
    • January 27, 2022
  • The TikTok Takeover of Hip-Hop
    • January 11, 2022

EARMILK EARMILK
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
All Milk. No Duds.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.