BEST NEW SONGS: LE1F - KOI

If you’ve ever wondered what to tell those basic, thirsty dudes at the bar trying to pick up on you when all you want to do is hang out with your friends and dance, take a page out of Le1f’s book. On “Koi,” the first single off his debut album, Riot Boi, the New York City rapper and producer tells off would-be casanovas with the incredible line, “if you ain’t got no swag then this conversation's over.”

UK phenom SOPHIE produced this track that would swallow most artists whole. The wonky, hyperkinetic beat is exactly what we’ve come to expect from the PC Music prodigy, and Le1f gladly meets its energy. There’s a video directed by Simon Ward that tried to match what these two are bringing to the table, and while it succeeds in zaniness, it’s a little too crazy for my blood. Or maybe I haven’t watched it on the right drugs yet. Watch it and listen to this crazy and awesome song below:

LE1F “KOI”

Riot Boi is set to come out on XL Recordings and Terrible Records later this fall. Until then, we can just put this jam on repeat.

We’ll leave you with the full list of all of Le1f’s best lines from this one. Here’s the lyrics to “Koi”:

oh, wow
i think i am the hottest hottie at the party
goddamn
watch me shake that ass like a calabash
i see it in his eyes, he can't handle that
thinking i'm the prize in his cracker jacks
i'm making him melt like candle-wax
he stepped to me at the bar
he said that he liked my hair
i didn't want to be rude
he was trying so hard
so i'm like, "whatever, sure
we can do these shots, why not
i'mma let you buy me these drinks, lots"
he's asking me where i live
and i'm like, "far away, mister, real real far"
i don't got time for that hullabaloo
i'm not laughing with you, i'm laughing at you
you should go back over there with your crew
but he's all, "nah, man, what we gon' do?"
he wanna dance but ain't got no rhythm
tell me, how will this transition to kissing?
he's so smitten as if the plot thickens, nuh-uh
read my lips
listen, i'm sweet but i'm deadly
just like coca-cola
i'm hotter than a hot spring
hotter than bikram yoga
we can try your luck, four leaf clover
if you ain't got no swag, then this conversation's over

[chorus]
you wanna get to know me
wanna be my homie
i came here to party
not here for you, boy
you should watch what you're saying
cause your mouth is crazy
got me acting shady
and feeling real koi
you're trying so hard
and it really shows
you say i'm fit
i already know
i'm sorry but not really, but you and me will never be that's the way that it goes

i wanna ki
and i don't mean bumps
i mean kiki, i wanna shake my butt
chillin' in cuts
sippin' these cups
turn around for what?
not you, bruh bruh
i kiss boys but it's just for stunts
i'm not giving them what they want
nah, he's a dim-wit dunce
i'm a big city boy
and i'm real real cunt
i don't wanna have to be a primadonna
but you talk a whack game, like lolz, oh my god
you should go away
abracadabra
princess kitana
kamekameha
you can't get up on my radar
i think you need to go to swag seminar
all up in my ear talkin' bla-zay blah
but i don't want none, nah
dudes wanna holla, i'm skeptical
cuz i'm really rare
like the best of all
i wanna know, can you let them good times roll?
like if i throw it in the air
can you catch 'em all?
the ball's in my court, that's typical
checking up on me, physical
my aura, my vibe is so mystical
if you could bag me, that's be a miracle

[chorus]

you ain't catching nothing
but you keep throwing these lines out
i think you need to practice shutting your mouth
you swimming upstream just to get to me
but i don't think we have a chemistry

[chorus]

About Calvin Paradise

Calvin Paradise manages to live a productive life despite a childhood of home schooling and suffering from what some doctors have called the worst case of Groucho Marx's Syndrome in recorded history.