“A FLEX” is the first taste of Dawn Richard's next chapter and a confident return to the futurism and brass-soaked swagger of her King Creole era. After exploring new lanes within her genre-bending projects with Spencer Zahn, including last year’s Quiet in a World Full of Noise, “A FLEX” sees Dawn stepping back into the lineage of 2021’s Second Line with a sound that is bold and undeniably her.

Dawn on “A FLEX”:

The track is the kind of confidence that only I can give in my records… Dipped in legacy, the kind of flex that comes from survival, culture, and craft. It signals a new album on the way, one that continues my mission of building worlds through sound, movement, and memory.

“A FLEX” is a stripped-down, one-room freestyle dance visual that reintroduces the raw spirit of “King Creole” through pure movement. The piece serves as a bridge between eras, pulling forward the bold, unfiltered attitude of the King Creole world while teasing the sonic and visual direction of the new project.