aja monet, Mick Jenkins & Vic Mensa: It’s a triple flex coming courtesy of the ‘melting clocks’ anthem
Need new tunes? Look no further than the thought-provoking ‘melting clocks’ single coming courtesy of aja monet, Mick Jenkins and Vic Mensa.
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Surrealist blues poet, aja monet, releases “melting clocks (feat. Mick Jenkins and Vic Mensa),” the latest single from her recently announced new album the color of rain, due May 22nd on drink sum wtr.
Additionally, monet announces a 2026 summer tour that includes shows in New York at Carnegie Hall and Los Angeles at the Getty Museum. monet’s singular live show is not to be missed. All dates below.
On “melting clocks,” monet straddles the world between that which makes sense and that of which our senses are tested. We don’t have to look far for the shattered ground that is paved of the illogical and magical. The track, which nods to Dali only in name, boasts a tempo that darts, transports, and moves as if time itself were being questioned. This work makes us wonder about what we know to be true and stirs us to lean into the mystical unknown. The song extends with clever lyrical offerings from Mick Jenkins, Vic Mensa, and Josh Lane.
“So much of our lives is dictated to us by the construction of a man-made clock. We ration parcels of our lives away and negotiate our values based on what we give time to. ‘melting clocks’ is a time-travel art piece. A song to question our relationship to time and practice presence," monet explains.
