When asked about the EP, Cookiee had this to say:
"Club Soda vol. 2 is the next chapter to me showcasing the fun high beat energy of Jersey club music. Even naming this project "Club Soda" was literally to serve people a glass full of club music. I experimented with a variety of different vibes on this project, and I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as I do. The goal is to always expose more people to Jersey club and just the whole club music culture."
Stay tuned for more music this year as Cookiee continues to showcase Jersey Club music.
Track List:
1. Intro
2. Energy Pt.3
3. Vacation
4. Quarantine and Chill
5. Moon Dance
6. Vibe (If I Back It Up)
7. Vibe (If I Back It Up) ft. Tyga
8. Rather Be
9. She's From Jersey
10. The Bonus Track
Cookiee Kawaii didn’t have any of this planned. Since becoming Kawaii’s breakthrough smash in Feb. 2020, “Vibe,” underscored by a mellifluous dreamscape accented by dance floor-commanding rhymes and a snapping beat, has become a TikTok sensation without a signature dance move or challenge, being used nearly two million times and featured in clips that have generated tens of millions of views. With over 50 Million listens, “Vibe” has quickly become the foremost social media sensation of the year, gracing videos from celebrities and influencers spanning Doja Cat and Perez Hilton to James Charles and gaining momentum as one of TikTok’s biggest success stories.
But that’s far from the beginning for Kawaii, an Irvington, New Jersey native who’s been a local ambassador for Jersey Club music since she started recording nearly a decade ago. “I’ve been listening to club music for as long as I can remember, so my interest in making a club song was definitely there from the moment I started making music,” she explains. From a young age, Kawaii cultivated her taste for music at home, born to parents who were both DJs. Between trips to Guitar Center to scope out equipment, she soaked up the sounds of everything spanning jazz to neo-soul playing around the house, getting her first taste of performing as part of a choir while attending Catholic school.
She chose her name due to the love of the baked good (Cookiee) and her infatuation with anime (Kawaii is Japanese for “cute”), and posted her first publicly released song, the aerobic “Move Ya Waist,” to Soundcloud in 2013. Today, with Jersey Club slowly making its way to the mainstream on singles from artists like Drake and Ciara, Kawaii is ready to be its torchbearer, bringing her local sound to the masses not just with “Vibe” but also with her ever-growing discography. “This is a time where we could get a little more spotlight on the culture,” she says. “We’ve had a lot of different moments where things have kind of been on the spotlight for us but no one was really there to full force carry the torch. So I feel like this could open a lot of doors for Jersey, and Jersey Club, in total.”
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