What happens when politics collides with algorithms, and governance is staged in portrait mode? That’s the provocation at the heart of rAIp’s new single, “President TikToker – Swipe Me Gently,” released on August 1, 2025. It’s a satirical dub experiment where statecraft becomes content, power plays turn into trends, and authority dances awkwardly between Article 49.3 and viral loops.
The production sets the stage: a hypnotic dub riddim anchored by slow-rolling basslines and echoing delays that stretch every phrase into something both meditative and absurd. This isn’t just background groove, it’s the pulse of a digital republic, where the rhythm scrolls endlessly like a feed you can’t stop flicking.
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Lyrically, rAIp blends French and English, channeling the spirit of Jamaican reggae while dragging it into the age of influencers and reform-by-hashtag. Lines like “Pas besoin de vote quand j’ai des likes” (no need to vote when I have likes) cut with ironic precision, exposing how metrics have become a new form of legitimacy. And when the refrain echoes “I swipe the nation stronger,” it lands somewhere between comedy and critique, both ridiculous and uncomfortably true.
What’s fascinating is how “President TikToker” operates like a modern fable. It’s playful enough to make you smirk at the image of a leader dancing on live streams, but sharp enough to remind you of the fragility of democracy when reduced to content. “Democracy… in portrait mode” isn’t just a lyric, it’s a mirror of our cultural moment.
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This track marks the first glimpse of rAIp’s upcoming album, a project that promises to stretch satire across sound, blending poetry, absurdity, and digital-age critique. If “President TikToker – Swipe Me Gently” is the opening statement, then we’re in for an album that refuses to let us scroll by without thinking.
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