Miguel has spared no expense toward rolling out his new album Viscera by performing in frightful fashion while suspended in the air.
On Friday (August 25), the Grammy Award-winning singer partnered with Sony for a performance titled “Viscera Experience” where he played tracks off of his highly-anticipated fifth album.
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In the process of performing a forthcoming track called, “Number 9,” Miguel was fitted with temporary piercings in the skin on his back and suspended in the air with the use of hooks. His skin was protruding as he was hanging in the balance.
Alongside the riveting performance, there were interactive activations dedicated to Viscera that catered to art, technology, and music.
Check out the photos of Miguel’s performance below:
Miguel performs gruesome body suspension show with hooks in his back (2/2) https://t.co/52WCdDsvQrpic.twitter.com/99XrmrQXzI
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) August 26, 2023
Miguel has been making his return to music throughout the first half of 2023. In May, he shared a previously unreleased track titled “Rope.”
On the track, the “Adorn” singer contemplates life, death, and whether love can save a person in turmoil. “UNRELEASED PT.2,” Miguel wrote of the track on Instagram at the time, while urging fans to check out the full song and video on YouTube.
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In the visualizer, the “Sure Thing” singer is spotted on what looks to be found footage from a handheld camera, which mirrors that of another shared unreleased track called “SID.”
“All of your love/ I can’t recall/ At all,” he sings on “Rope.” “There’s a hole in my head/ That seemed so small/ Not anymore/ And all of our love/ Won’t save me now.”
He continues on the hook: “I’m hanging onto nothing/ I’m hanging from the ceiling/ Rope around my neck/ I’m hanging onto something/ The walls are closing in.”
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Earlier that month, Chart Data reported that Miguel now holds the record for the longest charting song in Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs history with his 2010 hit “Sure Thing”. The track has been in the Top 10 for nearly 76 weeks.
The song, which was released as part of the singer’s debut album, All I Want You, also re-peaked on the charts, partly due to the track going viral on TikTok earlier this year.
In April, the singer released his first solo single in nearly two years, “Give It To Me.” The Scoop DeVille-produced record hears the San Pedro native deliver sensual serenading lyrics accompanied by a pounding beat.
“You’ve been so tied up in your mind these days, I know/ A sweet distraction might be what you need to glow,” he sings. “Your body on inferno, inferno, your mind on my, my, my/ But you deserve to let go, to let go, to let yourself unwind.”
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He continues on the hook: “Yeah, I like what you got, ’cause I like what you got (Yeah)/ I like what you got (Yeah), would you give it to me? (Yeah)/ Yeah, I like what you got, yeah, I like what you got/ Yeah, I like what you got, would you give it to me?”
