MIKE hasn’t gone a calendar year without releasing a full-length album since his 16th birthday in 2014, dropping a groundbreaking project on the 21st day of either June or December with each trip around the sun. He’s continuing the tradition in 2022, with Beware of the Monkey — his first LP since June 2021’s “Disco!” — due to sneak in just before the winter holidays. Today, he’s released the project’s second single, “What Do I Do?,” and shared plans for his 2023 “Ipari Park” North American tour with support from 454 and Slauson Malone.
The new track, which follows last month’s “nuthin i can do is wrng,” is a characteristically woozy slow burn. Mike raps for 90 seconds in his hookless, free-flowing yet methodical way, the titular soul sample anchoring the lyrics to the beat. Then, in the final minute, he breaks into song. “If you gave me all of you / Would you tell me what do I do?,” he repeats, his voice ever-so-slightly off-key but rich as mousse.
“What Do I Do?” comes with a dreamlike visual treatment courtesy of Ryosuke Tanzawa. Watch it above, and view the flyer and full schedule for MIKE’s “Ipari Park” tour below.
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MIKE’s 2023 “Ipari Park” North American tour
March 9 - Boston, MA - Middle East (Upstairs) *
March 10 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz *
March 11 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground *
March 12 - Cleveland, OH - Mahall’s *
March 15 - Des Moines, IA - xBk *
March 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Underground Music Cafe *
March 17 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club *
March 18 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
March 19 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
March 22 - Denver, CO - Lost Lake *
March 23–24 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
March 25 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s *
March 26 - Portland, OR - TBA *
March 28 - Sacramento, CA - The Starlet Room *
March 29 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone *
March 30 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium *
April 1 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent ^
April 2 - Tucson, AZ - Hotel Congress (Club Stage) ^
April 4 - Austin, TX - Ballroom ^
April 5 - Dallas, TX - Cheap Steaks ^
April 6 - Houston, TX - The Secret Group ^
April 7 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa ^
April 8 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Hell) ^
April 9 - Durham, NC - Motorco ^
April 11 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall ^
April 12 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar ^
April 13 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ^
April 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ^
* with 454
^ with Slauson Malone