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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 37493" data-attributes="member: 81">Three years ago today (June 7), Australian rapper <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-stories-from-the-road/" target="_blank">Masked Wolf</a> posted his breakout single “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-astronaut-in-the-ocean-behind-the-video/" target="_blank">Astronaut In The Ocean</a>” to SoundCloud, kicking off the song’s ascent to chart dominance and near-ubiquity thanks to its popularity on TikTok. Naturally, we couldn’t let Wolf <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-pandemonium-uproxx-sessions/" target="_blank">hang out at Uproxx Studios</a> without securing a performance of the track for UPROXX Sessions — and what better time to release it than on the song’s third anniversary?Showing some love to Los Angeles with a designer Dodgers hat and a black-on-black Essentials hoodie, Masked Wolf raps the anxiety-laden lyrics directly to the camera, displaying all the charismatic intensity that has made him a star and that turned “Astronaut” into a sleeper hit.Since its original release in 2019, “Astronaut In The Ocean” was re-released by Elektra Records on its second anniversary, climbing to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and received numerous awards nominations in Masked Wolf’s homeland, including Song of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release and Breakthrough Artist at the 2021 ARIA Music Awards.Watch Masked Wolf’s UPROXX Sessions performance of “Astronaut In The Ocean” above.UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.Masked Wolf is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-astronaut-in-the-ocean-uproxx-sessions/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 37493, member: 81"] Three years ago today (June 7), Australian rapper [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-stories-from-the-road/']Masked Wolf[/URL] posted his breakout single “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-astronaut-in-the-ocean-behind-the-video/']Astronaut In The Ocean[/URL]” to SoundCloud, kicking off the song’s ascent to chart dominance and near-ubiquity thanks to its popularity on TikTok. Naturally, we couldn’t let Wolf [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-pandemonium-uproxx-sessions/']hang out at Uproxx Studios[/URL] without securing a performance of the track for [I]UPROXX Sessions[/I] — and what better time to release it than on the song’s third anniversary? Showing some love to Los Angeles with a designer Dodgers hat and a black-on-black Essentials hoodie, Masked Wolf raps the anxiety-laden lyrics directly to the camera, displaying all the charismatic intensity that has made him a star and that turned “Astronaut” into a sleeper hit. Since its original release in 2019, “Astronaut In The Ocean” was re-released by Elektra Records on its second anniversary, climbing to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and received numerous awards nominations in Masked Wolf’s homeland, including Song of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release and Breakthrough Artist at the 2021 ARIA Music Awards. Watch Masked Wolf’s [I]UPROXX Sessions[/I] performance of “Astronaut In The Ocean” above. UPROXX Sessions[I] is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, [/I]UPROXX Sessions[I] is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too. Masked Wolf is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.[/I] [url="https://uproxx.com/music/masked-wolf-astronaut-in-the-ocean-uproxx-sessions/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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