"FloriDada" is a song by

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, released as the first single from their 2016 album ''

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''. It was released on November 30, 2015 by Domino Records.

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explained that the song was "sort of inspired by hating on people from Florida. I was driving in L.A. and flipping through the radio dial and came across a morning radio show where they're just talking all the time. They had a segment called, like, 'Dumb Things People Are Doing In Florida.' It kind of bothered me. ... Everybody—they kind of agree that Florida's such a weird place, know what I mean? But in a way, that's part of the charm of it."

Music video

A music video was released on January 8, 2016. It was produced and directed by the Brooklyn, New York artist collective

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. The video had its television premiere on

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and s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...

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block on January 9, 2016.

References

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