Xtina is back. Nearly six years after her last album Lotus, Christina Aguilera returns with “Accelerate,” her new Kanye West-produced single featuring Ty Dolla $ign and 2 Chainz.
Over a busy instrumental, the pop diva flexes her multi-octave vocals with raunchy lyrics. “Accelerate, come on babe, pick up your speed,” she sings. “Stamina, fill me up, that’s what I need.”
While Dolla $ign provides ad-libs throughout, 2 Chainz offers a verse. “Sex drive, Nascar / Crash it like the Nasdaq,” he raps. “I got them benefits / Did it deliberate / Guilty ’til proven innocent.”
To go along with the song, Xtina dropped an equally sensual video. Dipped in honey and glitter, the former “Voice” coach shows off her body. Whether black and white or under a neon glow, she is surely sultry and provocative, licking her tongue and baring all with X-marked pasties.
“Accelerate” is the first offering from Aguilera’s forthcoming eighth album Liberation. Christina beamed about the track during an interview with Billboard. “I love 2 Chainz’s part,” she told the magazine.
The interview took place before West’s recent slavery comments. Still, Aguilera also spoke about his sometimes polarizing personality. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Kanye,” she said. “Outside of, you know, his controversial aspects, I just think he’s a great artist and music maker and beatmaker. The artists that he chooses to pluck from different walks of life are so interesting.”
Featuring Demi Lovado and Keida & Sheseea, Liberation is due June 15. What do you all think of ‘Accelerate?’ Check out the video below. ISSA BOP OR ISSA FLOP?
