Mykki Blanco - CAFE PARADISO (2026) Hi Res

It's been just over a decade since ‘Mykki Blanco’ was created — first as a video art project portraying a teen female character (inspired by Lil Kim’s ‘Kimmy Blanco’ alter ego), but it inevitably evolved into a vehicle of self-discovery in the artist’s journey of forming their self-identity. They recently signed with Transgressive Records and “Free Ride” is the first taste of their next chapter.

The fourth album from Mykki Blanco, the rapper, poet and performance artist who has spent a decade as one of queer music’s most fearless voices. Made in New York with producer FaltyDL after a spell studying fine art in Switzerland, CAFE PARADISO trades his old theatrics for something more interior and sensual, a record, in his words, for artsy kids and cosmopolitan aesthetes. Reflective, nocturnal and genuinely assured.