The Baby Genius is back.
Brooklyn producer, singer and rapper Laila! has returned two years after dropping her impressive debut Gap Year! in 2024. “Miss Mango” — the new single — tells the story about a love that was lost, an unlikely friendship, and the road to revenge. She wrote and produced the song herself, of course, while adding creative director to her already growing resumé as she creative directed the music video herself.
Speaking of the video, she traveled to Saint Thomas — where she once lived for six months during the pandemic — and incorporated natives from the Caribbean island into the Moldyroom-directed clip as cast members. “I feel like St. Thomas was probably the perfect place to make these videos,” Laila! told me before revealing that she first started making beats out of boredom during her stay. “And it was cool to be able to get people that I already knew from the island involved with the process of making the music video too.”
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