Royel Otis Drops Sparkling New Single ‘car’

‘car’ is the latest taste from Royel Otis’ forthcoming sophomore album.

After causing a bit of controversy (and rightly so) with the release of their last single ‘Moody’ due to some uninformed lyrical content, Royel Otis have quietly dropped follow-up single ‘car’.

Named BBC Radio 1 “Hottest Record”, ‘car’ is three minutes of summery fun co-written by Royel Otis (Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic) with writer/producers Blake Slatkin (Gracie Abrams, Omar Apollo) and Omer Fedi (Lil Nas X, the Kid LAROI).

Taken from the duo’s upcoming second album hickey, which will land on Friday 22 August via OURNESS/Capitol Records (pre-order here), ‘car’ debuted live at Royel Otis’ recent appearance at this year’s Governors Ball.

Accompanying the single is a music video directed by Jamieson Kerr that features the lads walking around New York City and singing karaoke.

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Creating a buzz with three EPs in as many years – Campus (2021), Bar n Grill (2022) and Sofa Kings (2023) – Royel Otis took the world by storm with the release of their 2024 debut album, PRATTS & PAIN.

Peaking at #10 on the ARIA Album Charts, Clash awarded PRATTS & PAIN a huge 8/10 and called it “a leap forward sonically, but also Royel Otis being comfortable with their sound being as eclectic as they are.”

In the lead up to their sohpmore album Royel Otis have been performing at the world’s biggest festivals, including Governor’s Ball (New York City), Lollapalooza (Chicago), Outside Lands (San Francisco), and have also announced two special pub shows at Melbourne’s Punter’s Club on Saturday 19 July and Sydney’s Vic on the Park on Sunday 20 July.

‘cat’ by Royel Otis is available to stream now. hickey arrives Friday 22 August via OURNESS/Capitol Records. Pre-order the album here.