courtesy of Instagram/@princessnokiaMusicNewsPrincess Nokia has reissued Metallic Butterfly, her debut albumFrom 2014, the record has been remastered and released digitallyShareLink copied ✔️December 15, 2018MusicNewsTextThom Waite “Metallic Butterfly isn’t a new album,” Princess Nokia announces in a tweet. “It’s the album that started it all.” Now, Metallic Butterfly, the rapper’s debut album from 2014, has been remastered and reissued via Rough Trade, available on streaming services for the first time. “Metallic Butterfly is an experimental album that was inspired by many different elements of music and sub culture,” Princess Nokia also tweets. “It featured trip hop, jungle, R&B Neo Folk, adult contemporary, grime, and Afro Caribbean Canto. It’s visual and audio aesthetics were deep rooted in anime, cosplay, witchcraft, feminism, and cyber goth/rave culture.” Additionally, the re-release features three bonus tracks from the same time period, “Earth Is My Playground”, “Anomaly”, and “Versace Hottie”. Her most recent project was the mixtape A Girl Cried Red, released by Rough Trade under her real name, Destiny Frasqueri. Metallic Butterfly is available to stream on Spotify. Metallic Butterfly isn’t a new album-It’s the album that started it all My genesis, my beginning and the first time I introduced myself to the world as Princess Nokia— Princess Nokia (@princessnokia) December 14, 2018Metallic Butterfly is an experimental album that was inspired by many different elements of music and sub culture. When the music industry wanted me to rap I chose to be different and show the world who I really was— Princess Nokia (@princessnokia) December 14, 2018Metallic Butterfly was way ahead of its time. It featured trip hop, jungle, R&B Neo Folk, adult contemporary, grime, and Afro Caribbean Canto. It’s visual and audio aesthetics were deep rooted in anime, cosplay, witchcraft, feminism, and cyber goth/ rave culture— Princess Nokia (@princessnokia) December 14, 2018Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBjörk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authoritiesIB Kamara on branching out into musicZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney Enter the K-Bass: How SCR revolutionised Korean club culture‘Comic Con meets underground rap’: Photos from Eastern Margins’ day festWho are H.LLS? Get to know London’s anonymous alt-R&B trioTaylor Swift has lost her grip with The Life of a Showgirl ‘Cold Lewisham nights’: Behind the scenes at Jim Legxacy’s debut UK tour All the pettiest pop beefs of 2025Has the algorithm killed music discovery? What went down at Fari Islands FestivalMs* Gloom is the Gossip Girl-obsessed alt-pop star of the future