Mimi Barks reconnects with her rap roots on new single Power durch Verrat

Mimi Barks has dropped a dark new track, Power durch Verrat.

The new single, co-written with Wargasm’s Sam Matlock, sees the artist lean further towards the rap-oriented side of her sound with lyrics in her native German.

“If this song was a movie I’d call it The Consequence of Disrespect…” Mimi says. “Stylistically it sits somewhere between The Crow and Natural Born Killers. I imagine a female protagonist walking into a strip club wearing full corpse paint and a white tanktop with cowgirl leather flare pants, confronting a past lover with a gun. It’s dark, sexual and romantic in a way and almost theatrical.

“Then there’s this image of her dancing on the dead body like a stripper, turning murder into performance art. In reality, the song and the video ended up being much more stripped back and DIY than that cinematic vision in my head but people will see that for themselves.”

Check it out below:

Power dutch Verrat appears on Mimi’s forthcoming EP Dreamstate of Fear alongside recent single Jericho. The EP drops on July 24.

Catch her live at the following:

Mimi Barks UK tour 2026

September

9 Bournemouth Bear Cave
10 Swansea Bunkhouse
11 Plymouth Junction
12 London O2 Academy2 Islington
13 Nottingham Rough Trade
14 Manchester Star & Garter
15 Glasgow Garage Attic
16 Newcastle Zerox
17 Sheffield Corporation
18 Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms

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