HOT WIFE (TIGA / BOYS NOIZE)
Written in Berlin alongside Boys Noize, the new single's unapologetic pop sensibility is something that Tiga wrestled with nightly: "You reach a point where making unassailably cool dance records can lead to diminishing returns. In a way, it’s the safest thing you can do. You can’t live in fear that a man in a fedora is going to like your music. At the end of the day, it’s simple: this song comes down to a huge bassline I made with my mouth so I can tell you about my wife and my life."
Beyond exploring frequencies outside his comfort zone, Tiga also made the tough decision to give the public a glimpse of his private world: "Since the dawn of time, people have romanticized the DJ/Producer as the Ultimate Bachelor Fantasy," he explains. "When it became clear that it was only a matter of time before news of my wife leaked, my crisis PR team told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to get ahead of it and control the narrative. In any case, I’m betting big that this release is going to take my marriage to the next level."
And to those who might interpret the single’s lyrical content as mere bragging, Tiga urges us all to understand his message through the prism of Radical Gratitude and fostering new dialogues: "As for the lyrics*, all six words are based on my truth," he says. “Newsflash: only a small percentage of men are married to hot women and a lot of them are great guys like me. Why not listen to what we have to say?"
Tiga would like to make it clear that the song’s lyrics are in no way a reference to the swinging term ‘hotwife,” which he only learned about six hours ago.