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“Dirty” is the latest single from the Canadian-American musician grandson. It will be on his forthcoming debut full-length album, “Death Of An Optimist” set for release on December 4^th via Fueled By Ramen/EMG. Directed by Karl Junquist, grandson finds himself at war with himself in the “Dirty” video as he serves as both the accused and the accuser in an interrogation room standoff. The new album features the previously released singles, “Identity” and “Riptide,” co-produced by Mike Shinoda, as well as an eclectic mix of tracks that dance the line between emo guitar rock and beat driven cuts.

When asked about the creation of “Dirty”, grandson says, “Dirty is a song I’m so proud of because it showed me that I can have a song that’s actually fun and feels positive without sacrificing substance. It stays true to the topics of agency and power but appeals to a common humanity in us that should be worth fighting for. This one was like okay, yes things are fucked up, yes there is this unprecedented wave of ignorant banal corrupt arrogant smug trash denial of reality, but what the fuck are you going to DO about it? Don’t you care? Doesn’t it make anybody else mad? Can’t you take your eyes off this flaming wreckage of a political party long enough to get back on the road to democracy? The second verse is me letting you in on a little secret- nobody’s going to do it for us. I got the idea of this skeleton under the floorboard from The Beating Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. I wanted it to be like, a song of mine mixed with Mr. postman or OutKast. Super fun day with Gabe Simon and Boonn in Nashville making this one.”

Jordan Benjamin better known as grandson -- born in Englewood, NJ and grew up in Toronto -- released his major label debut EP, “A Modern Tragedy Vol. 1,” in 2018 and released the follow-up “A Modern Tragedy Vol. 2” in 2019. The initial EP featured the single "Blood // Water", which appeared on several charts in the United States and Canada. Through his career, grandson has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Russia, Europe, and accumulated hundreds of millions of streams online, with co-signs from everyone like Tom Morello to Bernie Sanders.

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