{"id":1962263,"date":"2025-08-15T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1962263"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:53:00","slug":"steve-lacy-returns-with-flirty-new-single-nice-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/steve-lacy-returns-with-flirty-new-single-nice-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Lacy returns with flirty new single \u2018Nice Shoes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/steve-lacy\">Steve Lacy<\/a> has made his return with the new single \u2018Nice Shoes\u2019. Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The song, released today (August 15), marks the first from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/grammys\">Grammy<\/a>-winning artist, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist in three years.<\/p>\n<p>It comes following him hitting the top of the Billboard and Spotify charts with his critically acclaimed sophomore album, \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/steve-lacy-gemini-rights-review-the-internet-3266479\">Gemini Rights<\/a>\u2019, which was shared in 2022 and marked the follow up to his 2019 breakthrough LP \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/steve-lacy-apollo-xxi-review-2491999\">Apollo XXI<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after a hiatus over the past couple of years, the artist is back with the surprise new song, \u2018Nice Shoes\u2019.\u00a0The track was written and produced by Lacy, and takes on an energetic, flirtatious feel throughout.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf I, if I had a dollar for the friends I would fuck\/ I could buy a pair of really nice shoes\/ Life is but a stain, it\u2019s not a tattoo\/ Temporary pain, it\u2019s lame to chase youth,\u201d <\/em>he sings over a hypnotic beat.<em> \u201cI can\u2019t seem to fall in love, it\u2019s bad luck\/ Careful how you spend your time, it adds up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check it out in full below, alongside the minimalistic lyric video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-p7B8EKRRNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The song comes following the artist recently appearing on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/steve-lacy-new-album-oh-yeah-dating-1235402189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cover of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> and opening up about his forthcoming third album \u2018Oh Yeah?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Little is known about the record so far, and he told the publication that work is still underway on the new LP, adding that he doesn\u2019t currently have a date in mind for when it is expected to drop.<\/p>\n<p>When it was shared, \u2018Gemini Rights\u2019 was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/steve-lacy-gemini-rights-review-the-internet-3266479\">given a glowing four-star review from <em>NME<\/em><\/a>, which said that his songs \u201cremain seriously steamy\u201d, but have become \u201cmore refined and vibrant than ever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering the sometimes-radical experimentation that was heard on his debut (\u2018Apollo XXI\u2019\u2019s second song \u2018Like Me\u2019, for instance, clocked in at nine minutes), Lacy has heeded <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/missy-elliot\">Missy Elliot<\/a>\u2019s wisdom on his second LP in his own way,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile his solo music and work with The Internet have infiltrated the mainstream in more discreet ways, \u2018Gemini Rights\u2019, which feature his most direct compositions yet, will make the \u2018cult artist\u2019 tag surrounding Lacy increasingly redundant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, his slot on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reading-leeds-festival-2025\">Reading &amp; Leeds<\/a> live stage in 2023 was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/steve-lacy-live-at-reading-review-setlist-photos-3489850\">given a full five-stars<\/a>, and praised as having \u201ccharisma that comes at us from all angles\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Lacy has made his return with the new single \u2018Nice Shoes\u2019. Check it out below. The song, released today (August 15), marks the first from the Grammy-winning artist, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist in three years. 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