"Blank Marquee" is a song by Malaysian singer

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featuring American rapper

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, released as a second single for her fourth international studio album (her seventh overall), ''

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''. It is co-written by Yuna, Chloe Angelides, Robin Hannibal and G-Eazy, with Hannibal serves as the producer. The song was released on 16 May 2019 by

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Music video

The music video for "Blank Marquee" was directed by Yuna's husband, Adam Sinclair and features award-winning actor

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and US-based Malaysian supermodel Atikah Karim. The video was filmed in some locations in

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including

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and Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). Some scenes in the video also filmed at The Kuala Lumpur Journal hotel. The music video was released on Yuna's official

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account at the official launch date.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the song follows "a suspicious deal that transpires in Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur". Nada Mesh from ''HotNewHipHop'' deemed it as "a beat reminiscent of a Pharell and

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type song". Skylar de Paul from ''

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'' said that the song was "an empowering lo-fi funk" and felt that the track is "a melodic argument between both sides of the disagreement, and boy is it entertaining". Adriane Pontecorvo from

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described that Yuna's refrain of the song "that sells this as a song to belt out even as the singer keeps things subtle".

Personnel

Song *

– vocal, composition * Chloe Angelides, Robin Hannibal and Gerald Gillum – composition Music video *

– The Villain * Atikah Karim – The Driver * Noorul-Hudaa – extras * Elena Laurel Moujing – extras * Tess Pang – extras * Anessa Alsagoff – extras * Adam Sinclair – director * Kroll Azry, Jorene Chew – producer * Eric Hu – executive producer * Aidil Razali – director of photography * Rabbani Sujak – art director * Yeoh Po Li – make-up artist * Ajay Kumar – editor * Pitt Haniff – assistant producer * Haida Yusof-Yeomans, Zulvanny Andiny – stylist

Charts

Release history

References

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