Swedish duo Lover’s Skit scratch an itch with their electronic mashup track “No Te Metas”

A provocative blend of blown-out beats and percussive noise introduces Lover’s Skit’s “No Te Metas.” The sound is sensual and strangely hypnotic, like a flirtatious dance with a stranger under the pulsing glare of a strobe light. Vocalist Nathalia Aránguiz raps atop the sonic collage of industrial drums and driving beats, courtesy of producer Ove Jerndal, the sound reinforcing Aránguiz’s rebellious vocal performance. Blending elements of salsa with searing guitars and energetic electronic hits, “No Te Metas” scratches an itch with its chaotic mashup sound and Aránguiz’s unruly approach to the tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

“‘No te metas conmigo’ literally translates as ‘Don’t mess with me.’ I’m taking about me and my girls, and seeing my friends do drugs and being reckless and not caring about it,” Aránguiz explains. “I feel like me and my friends have this attitude of owning the world -- we’re just kids fucking around and not doing anything important, but it’s still like, we’re the best. I like that funny paradox.”

Meeting through a mutual friend in 2020, the duo behind Lover’s Skit has an ordinary origin story - but their sound is anything but. Based between London and Stockholm, the band has put out a slew of singles and EPs over the years and are building up to their upcoming mixtape All Rights Reserved. “No Te Metas” is the closing track off of this politically-charged project.

“The record was born out of an idea around human rights and that movement, as well as our love of punk,” Jerndal says. “We also wanted to reflect on the music industry -- the way we’re navigating that for the first time right now.” Influenced by names like Death Grips and M.I.A, the record traverses genres like hip hop, indie rock, punk, and even reggae. “Genre has always been something that we didn’t want to get involved with -- we just made what we wanted to make, Aránguiz says.