Escapades (Azealia Banks song)

"Escapades"
Azealia Banks
Promotional single by Azealia Banks
from the album Fantasea II: The Second Wave
Released
  • June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)
  • September 1, 2017 (radio edit)
Recorded2013–2017
GenreEDM
Length4:04
LabelChaos & Glory Recordings
Songwriter(s)Azealia Banks
Producer(s)O/W/W/W/L/S
Azealia Banks singles chronology
"Chi Chi"
(2017) 		"Escapades"
(2017) 		"Anna Wintour"
(2018)

"Escapades" is a song recorded by American rapper Azealia Banks for her planned second album, Fantasea II: The Second Wave. O/W/W/W/L/S handled production of the song , while the song was penned by Banks alone.[1] The original version of the song was released as a free streaming single, on June 26, 2017, to Banks' SoundCloud.[2] A "radio edit" of the song was released to SoundCloud on August 9, 2017. On September 1, 2017, Banks released the final version of the song to iTunes.[3]

Background

The song was originally conceived as the unreleased track "Bizarra", produced by Disclosure, which was intended for Banks' debut studio album Broke with Expensive Taste. Banks has said that she will be solely singing on the track, and has described it as "very orgasmic" although not being "a sexual song," with more singing than rap.[4]

Reception

Anna Gaca, a writer for Spin, described the first two of the three versions of the song as "works-in-progress".[5]

Track listing

  • Streaming
  1. "Escapades" (48k Monitor Mix) – 3:53
  • Streaming
  1. "Escapades" (Stereo Mix) – 4:04
  • Streaming
  1. "Escapades" (Radio Edit) – 4:04
  • Digital Download
  1. "Escapades" – 4:04

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide June 26, 2017 Streaming Self-released [1]
August 9, 2017 Streaming (Radio Edit) Self-released [6][7]
September 1, 2017 Digital download Chaos & Glory Recordings [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Azealia Banks Drops Two Versions of New Song 'Escapades' - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  2. ^ "Azealia Banks – "Escapades"". Stereogum. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. ^ a b "Escapades – Single by Azealia Banks on Apple Music". Brazil: iTunes Store. September 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Azealia Banks – Escapades Lyrics". Genius. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Stream Azealia Banks' New Song "Escapades"". Spin. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  6. ^ ESCAPADES Prod. By OWWWLS (RADIO EDIT), retrieved 2017-08-13
  7. ^ "LET's GO!!! :". Twitter. August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.