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Joy Crookes teams up with Denzel Curry on new single, "Painkiller"
16 September 2026, 13:55
| Written by
Kayla Sandiford
Joy Crookes has released her new song, "Painkiller", featuring Denzel Curry.
"Painkiller" follows recently released track "Feet Don’t Fail Me Now Part 2", featuring Ravyn Lenae. The song was produced by Crookes and Dweller, and serves as an homage to 1990s hip-hop as Curry and Crookes come together to explore a destructive relationship.
"I wrote Painkiller years ago after the end of a destructive relationship," Crookes says. "It's a conversational tune where I go through the motions of why I dated such a gobshite. alas, at least I got a nice tune out of it."
"Painkiller" (feat. Denzel Curry) is out now on Insanity Records
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