Diaz Grimm Drops Singalong Single 'Same Old Thing'

Brutally funny and immaculately executed, Cambridge rapper / songwriter Diaz Grimm's (Ngāwhā, Ngāpuhi) new single 'Same Old Thing' could be the soundtrack to Aotearoa's forthcoming festival season. From the opening gentle guitar strums and vacuous inclusive words ("This one goes out to everybody who loves a good time") onwards, Diaz Grimm rattles off a seemingly endless list of painfully familiar on-stage clichés, leading the chorus "we love listening to the same old thing" — capped off with subtly searing artwork by Daniel Vernon (DARTZ). The self-described "world’s first indigenous CGI avatar rapper" launches his NZ On Air-funded double album Māui & the Sin on 28th November, along with an ambitious digital investment initiative (recently profiled over on The Spinoff HERE), and he's already got an infectious summer hit in the bag. Hit play on 'Same Old Thing'...

'Same Old Thing' is out now on major streaming services.