Azealia Banks – “Luxury” Video

Azealia Banks is in the news for a not-great reason this morning: As Pitchfork reports, she’s involved in a Twitter feud with Munchi, the producer behind her Fantasea mixtape track “Esta Noche.” Munchi is saying that she used the track without permission, then announced plans to release it as a legit commercial single, and Munchi refused, turning down a five-figure payday on it. He’s been going in on her on Twitter, and she’s responded with “I suggest you shut the fuck up… Seriously.” Yikes!

But here’s a good reason to pay attention to Banks this morning: The smooth and glamorous new video for “Luxury,” a hard and sinuous Machinedrum-produced dance track from Fantasea. In director Clarence Fuller’s video, she poses hard against a black-and-white New York cityscape.