Big Freedia has dropped "Better Be," a new single from her upcoming Christmas record Smokin' Santa Christmas, featuring none other than Mobile, Alabama's finest, Flo Milli.
A turned-up, high-octane track based around a steel drum sample, pinging synth stabs, and Freedia and Flo's nimble flows, it's a welcome change from the more staid Christmas fare making its way around lately.
In her trademark baritone, Freedia attempts to manifest the Christmas wishlist dreams are made of: "Better be big, better be new/Better be red bottom shoes/Better be eyes, better be blue/Better be Benz comin' thru." The video for "Better Be" was, per Pitchfork, directed by Skyler Stroup, and filmed at the New Orleans Joy Theater.
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