Our current cover star Mura Masa and Slowthai made their US TV debut this week, delivering an incendiary performance new single ‘Deal Wiv It’.
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Explosive, anarchic and topless, the performance is a testament to the song’s classic punk energy. Swerving f the stage, Slowthai leaps onto Fallon’s desk and looks him in the eye while delivering the bar “every second you waste is a second closer to the pearly gates”
Fallon nervously plays with his pen and paper in response. One YouTube commenter quipped: “If Slowthai had performed previous Mura Masa collaboration] ‘Doorman’ Jimmy would have had a heart attack”.
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The show comes just before the duo are set to play at the 2020 NME Awards. Holding a respectable four nominations, Slowthai told NME: “I’m coming to win all the awards (including Godlike Genius) and if there’s one I don’t win then I’ll take it from them anyway”.
Watch the explosive performance below.
