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Mendoza Might Just Be This Generation's Dystopian Pop Star

Never before have 1990s UK piano house and BDSM been so effortlessly melded.

Danish dark-pop songstress Mendoza has been endearingly weirding us out since we heard her vocals on Jeremy Olander's remix of "Love Druggie" last year. Don't let the goth-heavy imagery fool you, though, Mendoza's got more than a heaping dose of pop sensibility, as evidenced in her new tune "Houdini." The track is a piano-house number about ditching a disposable lover and it melds the seemingly disparate aesthetics of good-times 1990s UK house with S&M imagery.

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Some videos need massive production budgets and a bunch of shit exploding to keep you hooked. Mendoza's such an engrossing character that just watching her perform her tune in the self-directed video is entertainment enough. As she twirls in warp speed and glares with glowing, purple eyes, you can't help but wonder if you're looking at this generations next dystopian pop star.

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