GENRE; HIP-HOP
RELEASE DATE; 28 November, 2025
RATING; 4/5
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Fade Dresto’s new single “Gotta Get Away” feels like one of those songs that comes straight from a moment of fed-up honesty. You can tell right away that this isn’t some over-calculated studio project, it sounds like someone trying to get something off their chest. Coming from Los Angeles, Dresto has been building up his style over the last few years, but this track shows a side of him that’s a bit rougher around the edges, and in the best way. You can catch hints of his influences, the chaotic energy of early Eminem or the emotional looseness of Twenty One Pilots but the track doesn’t lean too hard on either. It’s more like he borrowed a spark and lit his own fire with it.
The team behind the song deserves credit too. Writers Solomon Shaver and Jon Sandler help give the story its shape, while the production crew; Maeterlinck, Kris Karatz, AjGotIce, CoalCashBlac, Kevin Chubirka, and Olivier Bassil — build a backdrop that actually sounds alive. There’s a kind of homemade charm to the recording, probably because it was made at his house, and nothing feels too polished. The funk elements are new territory for him, and they give the song this unexpected bounce that cuts through the seriousness of the message without taking away from it.
At its core, the track is about a guy who’s had enough of being pushed around, told what to do, and drowned out by everyone else’s expectations. The way Dresto sings it, it doesn’t come off dramatic but just real. The line about needing peace hits hard because it’s something a lot of people think but hardly ever say so bluntly. The chorus sticks in your head for that same reason: it feels like a thought you’ve had a hundred times.
After performing at Sole Folks earlier this year, Dresto seems to be picking up momentum, and this single only pushes things further. “Gotta Get Away” doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it doesn’t need to. It’s honest, it’s messy in places, and it shows an artist figuring himself out in real time, which is often when musicians make their most interesting work.
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