Tinashe Smashes Through the Noise on Dark, Industrial Anthem “Crash Out“
Playing nice is officially over, and the multi-talented innovator is ready to break the internet to prove it. Unleashed on July 16 as the second major single from her highly anticipated album Popstar, Tinashe delivers an absolute sonic punch on her defiant new track “Crash Out.”
The record is a thrilling, moody ride. Moving away from standard radio gloss, the vocalist crafts a woozy, mid-tempo pop music 2026 masterpiece that features a dark, heavily textured industrial pop edge.
The tension is completely electric. The pen game targets the toxic underbelly of modern fame, delivering a fierce statement against online toxicity and the false promises of the American dream with raw lines like “Think I’m ‘bout to lose it.”
It sounds incredibly liberating. To launch this fierce new era, the rollout kicked off with a brilliant, viral video clip of the singer physically smashing a car window, setting the perfect chaotic tone for the official music video directed by 91 Rules.
The visual matches the track’s uncompromising grit perfectly. Arriving hand-in-hand with the formal announcement of her full album dropping September 25, this release proves she is operating at the absolute peak of her creative powers.
Do not miss this chapter. Turn the volume up and stream the brand-new anthem on all major digital platforms today.
Quotable Lyrics:
Think I’m ’bout to lose it, I don’t even care no more
I’ve been on some cool sh*t, but I’m ’bout to lose control
I’m about to crash out, every time I go outside (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Think I’m ’bout to lose it (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Don’t talk to me
Used to play nice but I’m off of it (Nice)
Can’t take the bait they offering (Bait)
And all of that stress on top of it (Stress)
I just need to get my energy right (Energy right)
They been pressing me, I— (They been pressing me, I—)
This can’t be what this life is like
The American dream is outdated
Now they sitting on the Internet hating
‘Bout to hit the switch, ’bout to cut ’em off (Cut ’em off)
All these motherf**kers ’bout to set me off (Set me off)
I swear, no, I’m not the one
Think I’m ’bout to lose it (Lose it), I don’t even care no more (Care no more)
I been on some cool sh*t (Uh, uh), but I’m ’bout to lose control (Lose control)
I’m about to crash out, every time I go outside (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Think I’m ’bout to lose it (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Think I’m ’bout to lose it, lose it)
I don’t wanna be humble (I don’t wanna be humble)
I don’t wanna be sweet no more (Sweet)
I don’t wanna be a good girl (I don’t wanna be a good girl)
I don’t wanna be nice, f**k being polite
I’m just being real, everybody uptight
I can’t pretend (Yeah)
All my enemies getting in my head (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah)
Call me crazy (Mm), I been so distracted
I’m just tryna focus (Focus), now I wanna know
