"Scary Mask" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter

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, featuring American rock band

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. It was released through

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on May 29, 2019, as the second single from her second EP, ''

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''.

Background

In January 2019, the glitchy-pop song "Voicemail" was released as the lead single from ''Choke''. Its music video served as a follow-up to Poppy's 2018 music video " X". During an interview with ''Interview Magazine'' regarding "Voicemail", she announced that her next single would be "Scary Mask". In April, she began posting teasers for the song. During an interview with

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, she announced the song's official release date. The song was written after "X" while Poppy was trying to expand on the idea of making more metal music. She came up with the song's idea when she attended the

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wearing a black latex mask.

Live performance

Poppy performed "Scary Mask" and "I Disagree" live at the ''

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'' in October 2019, during

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's entrance.

Reception

The music video for "Scary Mask" is included in ''

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'''s Top 10 Best Music Videos in 2019, as well as ''The Spaces''' list. Danielle Chelosky of ''

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'' said: "Poppy’s pop-princess energy clashes with FEVER 333’s dark-hardcore energy to make an especially creepy mix."

Accolades

"Scary Mask" was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2020 Heavy Music Awards.

References

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