Knocked Unfastened and Denzel Curry have carried out their single ‘Hive Thoughts’ dwell for the primary time at a shock present in Brooklyn – watch footage under.
The Kentucky hardcore band and Florida rapper launched the observe in February, combining Knocked Unfastened’s metalcore sound with Curry’s rapid-fire supply and lure influences.
On Tuesday evening (July 28), they joined forces once more for a free pop-up present at Substance Skatepark in Brooklyn, which was introduced simply sooner or later prematurely and in addition featured New York hardcore band Combust.
Throughout Knocked Unfastened’s set, Curry emerged to carry out his verse on ‘Hive Thoughts’ alongside frontman Bryan Garris, because the packed skatepark descended right into a mass of moshing and crowd-surfing.
Try footage of the efficiency right here:
The observe’s accompanying video was equally filmed at a skatepark, with Garris and director Eric Richter capturing the band acting at David Armstrong Excessive Park in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
Garris mentioned when the observe was first launched that the group had been speaking about working with Curry for a while, insisting that the rapper was the one artist who would be capable to make the observe work.
“We questioned if we may pull it off and who can be down,” he mentioned. “Within the very starting, we mentioned for it to work, it must be Denzel Curry. As a result of he will get it.”
‘Hive Thoughts’ was Knocked Unfastened’s first new music since their 2024 album ‘You Received’t Go Earlier than You’re Supposed To‘, which included the Grammy-nominated Poppy collaboration ‘Suffocate‘.
Garris has informed NME that the rise in consideration across the group had solely inspired them to change into extra excessive. “We see individuals reacting positively to all of this chaos that we’re introducing to our sound and we get impressed by that suggestions, impressed by previous extremes working. That’s the way it will keep,” he mentioned.
Knocked Unfastened and Curry will start their co-headline ‘Hive Thoughts’ North American tour on the MegaCorp Pavilion in Newport, Kentucky on September 26. The 24-date run will take them throughout the continent, earlier than wrapping in Mexico Metropolis on November 8. Discover any remaining tickets right here.
Curry launched ‘Strictly 4 The Scythe‘, his collaborative album with Key Nyata and the broader Scythe collective, in March.
In a three-star evaluation, NME described it as “chaotic, playful and filled with character”, including: “Like its namesake, the tape hits just like the swing of a scythe: huge relatively than exact – not each reduce lands cleanly, however sufficient to make the chaos really feel intentional.”
