YINYANG – the boundary-breaking alternative artist forged in Belfast’s underground music scene – today shares ‘Dumped Me In The Smoking Area (Material Goods Remix)’ with a music video.
A ground-shaking remix of the focus track from debut EP The Lotus Throne (listen now), ‘Dumped Me In The Smoking Area (Material Goods Remix)’, returns in a darker form as Material Goods twists the anti-Valentine anthem into something sinister and seductive.
Dropping on Friday the 13th, just hours before Valentine’s Day, the remix flips heartbreak into a horror-tinged club weapon. With distorted bass, eerie textures, and a late-night menace that feels like a slasher film soundtrack for the dancefloor, this remix leans into the track’s bitter humour and unapologetic attitude.
YINYANG says, “The cultural day of love falling straight after the day of bad luck and horror felt too poetic to ignore. ‘Dumped Me In The Smoking Area’ has heavy anti-Valentine’s energy, and Material Goods bring that horror edge to the remix. Valentine’s is cancelled, happy Friday 13th”
MATERIAL GOODS says, “For this remix, I wanted to push the original into a driving, high-impact space. I wanted this to be a f*ck you kinda remix to build on the story that’s already there, loads of attitude and a feeling of being ready to move on and go it alone”
Known for blending punk-edged hip-hop with dark electronics and raw, intricate lyricism, YINYANG’s ‘Dumped Me In The Smoking Area (Material Goods Remix)’ is a hard-hitting fuck-you anthem pulsing with raw fury and that immediate, visceral rush of wanting to bite back. It’s bold in its vulnerability, capturing the pure rage that hits in the moments right after someone blindsides you. A breakup track at its core, you can feel the exact gut-punch moment that sparked these searing lyrics.
YINYANG explains: “Breakups can be harsh; the instant jolt of redirection has you spinning. I had all this rage that needed somewhere to go that day, then ‘Dumped Me in the Smoking Area’ was born a couple of hours after. For a while it was hard to listen to but in hindsight I celebrate it, thankful for the redirection. I hope ‘Dumped Me In The Smoking Area’ can be a reminder that negativity can be transmuted into something more powerful.”
‘Dumped Me In The Smoking Area’ follows previous single releases taken from The Lotus Throne, ‘Birth & Death’ and ‘Parasite’. The EP is completed by ‘No More’, a 90-second joyride in backing yourself and refusing to carry other people’s projections. As the closing track, it distills the central theme of The Lotus Throne: beneath the surface of still water, in the mud between birth, death and becoming, the lotus blooms. Rising through the shadows to meet the light clean and untainted. The Lotus Throne is both a seat and a state, the place where your higher self resides. ‘No More’ brings this journey home with the closing line “No more doing what someone else would do if you don’t want to / Your way is your DNA and that’s what makes you, you, baby” – a final reminder to stand in your own clarity.