Rising Alt-Pop Powerhouse Aistè Drops Brand New Single And Music Video ‘Mojo’

Rising independent pop powerhouse Aistè has released new single ‘Mojo’ and official music video. The slick and addictive track, written and produced by Aistè, is accompanied by a futuristic, Matrix-style short film also directed by Aistè herself.

Shot in London just before lockdown, the video for ‘Mojo’ sees Aistè fight both a former lover and the organization that pitted them against each other: looking the part as a transfixing incarnation of Killing Eve’s Villanelle, Aistè put her years of Muay Thai practice to use, and choreographed all the fight scenes herself. The short film mixes elements of cult sci-fi and psychological thriller as it reflects the song’s message of breaking free from any restraints, societal and personal, and begin anew.

In occasion of the release, Aistè wrote a full comic book to delve deeper into the ideas behind the track and explain the backstory of the main characters. Read it here!

As well as the short film and comic book, Aistè created an entire website from scratch, for people to get lost in the world of Mojo. Discover it here!

‘Mojo’ follows the release of recent single ‘Money is Life’, the video for which was nominated in the Best Director category at the 2020 KlipVid Awards: the empowering anti-capitalistic lyrics, sarcastic tone and girl-power stance bring voice to the same notion of freedom, the idiosyncrasies of modern life, and the question at the forefront of both: “Is this what our dreams are made of?”

After testing the waters with previous tracks ‘My Only Friend’, ‘Say When’, and‘This Will Happen’, as well as the bewitching ‘Blue Dawn’, Aistè now breathes a new creative fire: she’s completely in control, and she’s ready to let her voice be heard.

Aistè’s sharp vision and unapologetic, magnetic talent hit somewhere between Kate Bush and Killing Eve’s Villanelle. Growing up between Vilnius, Lithuania, and later Bergen, Norway, Aistè inhabits the space between Post-Soviet Eastern Europe and the idealized American Dream.

Now based in London, she works completely independently to write, produce and release her own music. With powerful soulful vocals, a sound that embraces modern pop, 90s R&B, and even epic future-bass as well as a signature punk attitude, she has the face of a pop princess but is the furthest thing from a cliché stereotype.

Blending Baltic coolness, Scandi pop, and hypebeast East London vibes so seamlessly that you’d be forgiven for thinking she’s been doing this her whole life, she’s released six independent tracks since 2018, has built an excited following online, and is getting ready for an explosive year.