Listen to Aminé’s latest album, Kaytraminé, his collaboration with producer Kaytranada, released this past spring, and you may feel compelled to pour yourself a little something. That’s due in part to the copious references the rapper makes to drinks like the French 75. His love of cocktails, wines and spirits—and the good times they facilitate—played a role in the album’s creation.
“We were always having natural wine in the studio when me and Kay would link,” Aminé says. “Then [we’d] make music for a week straight and then throw a party and play that music while drinking wine.” As a result, drinks feature heavily throughout the album’s visual components. Aminé is holding up a glass of sparkling on the colorful cover, and an oversized wine glass appears in the video for the lead single “4eva.”
With his palate as the prism, we step inside Aminé’s world to better understand the drinking experiences that fuel his festive feeling.
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Aminé’s tastes are partially shaped by his travels to Europe, and the popular aperitifstyle cocktails served there. “There’s certain drinks that I only get when I’m in certain cities,” he says. “Whenever I’m in Paris and it’s summer: An Aperol Spritz just sounds perfect. What’s funny is I’d never get an Aperol Spritz in America. I don’t know why. It’s not even an actual thought.”
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This Article was originally published on Wine Enthusiast
