Junglepussy's Hypnotic 'Somebody' Music Video is the Best of 2017

"Are you often dreaming of somebody?" questions Junglepussy--real name Shayna McHayle--on her woozy Pregnant With Success single, "Somebody." Though the album was first released in 2015, following her breakout Satisfaction Guaranteed mixtape in 2014, the New York rapper shared today a long overdue music video for the Erykah Badu-imbued song. "I wish upon a star for an afternoon with you," she says pointedly in the woodsy Erin Grant-directed visual.

"The last song I wrote for Pregnant with Success was 'Somebody,'" Junglepussy told Teen Vogue. "By the end of that project I was so happy with the direction I was headed in, I knew I was finally about to share my favorite parts of myself. Letting go of the self-imposed urgency I placed on the process of making new music allowed me to take time with myself. I needed to be patient with my feelings and just let them be. In doing so, I learned so much more about myself."

The music video sees Junglepussy performing alone in a cabin, as she plays chess in front of a fireplace, wriths around a sunny, windowed porch and paints inside a gazebo. Grant's treatment is an incredible display of nuance, bringing together this familiar, mundane environment with a campy '70s attitude and slick, stylized editing evocative of TLC's "No Scrubs." Though Junglepussy has taken an unforgivable break from releasing anything new, this was well-worth the wait and arguably the best video of 2017 thus far.

Watch Junglepussy's "Somebody," below.

As part of MoMa's PopRally series, which serves as a gateway for young, diverse audiences to engage with the museum, Junglepussy will perform this Saturday during Petra Collins' installment, In Search of Us. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. and a $25 ticket also includes a live tableau performance, open bar and access to MoMA's collection galleries.