Baltimore rap romantic Shordie Shordie returns today with the intimate new single “Specific.” The track features Los Angeles-based MC and producer BLXST and represents Shordie’s first solo music since his February project with Murda Beatz, Memory Lane. The new track and video offer a loving ode to a special person, movingly detailing his unending devotion to her.
“Specific” features Shordie crooning over gentle guitar and pleasant percussion. The Maryland native showcases his now-signature blend of melodic flows and double-time bars. He’s emotional and honest before diving headfirst into a relationship.
To coincide with the release of the track, Shordie Shordie and BLXST also shared a video inspired by young love. The schoolyard clip features the duo hanging in a classroom, while Shordie embraces his love, peeks at his neighbor’s test, and doodles in a notebook. BLXST sets himself up on the bleachers before the two MCs notice something wrong and chaos ensues.
“Specific” continues a hot streak for Shordie Shordie. It arrives on the heels of his winning feature on Atlanta rapper Loui’s “Don’t Play,” which itself follows Memory Lane, a collaboration with Murda Beatz that showcased an almost telepathic connection. Before that project, Shordie released his 2020 mixtape >Music, which garnered acclaim from Pitchfork, The FADER, Complex, XXL, and more. With over 732M streams, Shordie Shordie has been untouchable of late, and with “Specific,” he’s made that clear.
