TIACORINE & FLO MILLI LITERALLY COOK THE HATERS IN THEIR SURREAL “LOTION” VIDEO

TIACORINE & FLO MILLI LITERALLY COOK THE HATERS 

IN THEIR SURREAL “LOTION” VIDEO

TIA’S ACCLAIMED CORINIAN ALBUM OUT NOW ALSO FEATURING SAWEETIE, WIZ KHALIFA, J.I.D, SMINO, POUYA, HIT-BOY, KENNY BEATS, & MORE

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December 12, 2025 — (Los Angeles, CA) — Today, North Carolina rap phenom TiaCorine follows up her bold new album, CORINIAN, with a reality-bending music video for the single “Lotion” featuring Alabama star Flo Milli and production by Kenny Beats. Upbeat and chock full of lyrical flexes, the track embodies the irrepressible and unpredictable energy of the LP. Watch HERE.

“Lotion” puts Tia’s brash, style-shifting confidence on full display. The song is a blistering ’80s freestyle throwback complete with keyboard percussion, rubbery bass, and stuttering drums, but our heroine struts over the sweat-inducing beat with athletic ease: “Now this is how it goes for ones who don’t know / So I came from the Tre with thugs and fake hoes / Glitz, glamor, fashion, gold is all ya girl know / But I came from the bottom and chose the high road.”

Directed by Dell Nie (Ty Dolla $ign, Bia, Saweetie), the “Lotion” video is bright, cinematic, and surreal. Extending CORINIAN’s otherworldly theme, it opens on a pink moon before we’re transported to Tia’s very kawaii-coded bedroom. She starts her day normally enough: primping, applying lotion, stretching — before she’s interrupted by a knock at the door. A confrontation with three unwelcome women ends when Tia twists her fingers, reducing them to Barbie-like dolls. After a cameo from Unghetto, Flo Milli shows up and accompanies Tia to a house party, where the pair spit bars and spread joy while finding time to torment the toys on the side.

Since dropping in October, CORINIAN, which also features Saweetie, Wiz Khalifa, Smino, J.I.D, and Pouya, has racked up much acclaim. Pitchfork added the set to their Albums You Should Listen to Now list and, in a separate review, noted, “The North Carolina rapper keeps things unpredictable on a playful, hard-hitting album, [a] daring project that never slows down.” Following a glossy multi-page feature in HYPETRAK Magazine, HYPEBEAST wrote, “TiaCorine takes on her fully realized final form… The final chapter of her world-building trilogy proves her most polished, honed-in project to date.” And Rolling Out added, “Bold and inventive from start to finish, [CORINIAN] reinforces her place as one of the most creative voices in new music.”

The “Lotion” clip is only the latest in a series of wild, psychedelic visuals to emerge from CORINIAN. Most recently, Tia shared the chaotic chase flick for the booming “Backyard” featuring J.I.D. Before that came the romantic round-the-way visual for “Fall in Love” and “Ironic,” a trippy track that got a fittingly far-out video courtesy of Lyrical Lemonade. Meanwhile, the drill-meets-ballroom club cut “ATE” came with a distinct video version that includes vogue performances and musical contributions from Jus10 and Byrell The Great. She also shared the prismatic “Different Color Stones,” and a vivid, anime-inspired album trailer.

As Tia has explained, CORINIAN is the third release in a trilogy that includes her 2022 debut album I Can’t Wait and 2024’s Almost There EP: “If you pay attention to the artwork of the projects, you can see a pink aura in the background,” she noted upon the LP’s release, referring to a futuristic city that gets closer with each release. “That place is everything Tia wanted to be. Now I’m here. There’s no fear. No doubt. No second-guessing. I’ve reached my final form.”

The album release followed a series of anticipation-building moments from Tia, who appeared on Chance the Rapper’s celebrated STAR LINE album via the song “Gun in Yo Purse” featuring Young Thug; headlined Charlotte, NC’s Durag Festival before hitting The Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash in Chicago the very next day; and, in October, played the Atlanime Fest in Atlanta’s Center Parc Stadium, where she also debuted her new Impossible Girl manga. 

This year, Tia’s breakout hit “FreakyT” also attained RIAA-certified Gold status. Upon arrival in 2022, the fiery flex-fest inspired a viral dance trend and soared up the Urban Mainstream and Billboard Hip Hop/R&B charts. Her momentum grew across 2023, when she made the XXL Freshman Class and scored “Artist to Watch” nods from Rolling Stone, COMPLEX, Pigeons & Planes, Zane Lowe, and more. Cosigns from the likes of Drake and Gangsta Boo followed, as did festival appearances including Dreamville, Rolling Loud, and Coachella, searing collabs like “HOT ONE” with Denzel Curry and ASAP Ferg, and — last year — Tia’s first headlining tour. 

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ABOUT TIACORINE

TiaCorine is a rap phenom, teleporting herself far beyond the genre’s terrestrial confines to form her own galaxy. The North Carolina artist spits fiery bars with ease, yet she’s no traditional MC. A sonic shapeshifter, her vocal elasticity, magnetic lyricism, and otherworldly persona has drawn in fans, peers, and critics alike — scoring XXL Freshman status and spreads in glossy mags like HYPETRAK; becoming a staple at festivals including Dreamville and Coachella; earning cosigns from Drake and Gangsta Boo; and dropping viral hits like her Gold-certified flex, “FreakyT.” All of that comes to a head with her bold, genre-bounding, guest-packed 2025 album, CORINIAN. Her worlds-conquering journey began in Winston-Salem when third-grade Tia had a vision of herself as the artist she is now. She’d learn flute and piano on her way to developing a unique style that won her viral fame in college, but her responsibilities as a new mother, student, and shift-worker almost led her to abandon the path — until she remembered her destiny. She’s been mapping out her inimitable universe and expanding her creative reach since, across 2022’s I Can’t Wait LP and 2024’s Almost There EP. But CORINIAN, the culmination of a trilogy, leaps light years ahead as she swerves through lush R&B, hard-hitting reggaeton, swaggering funk-rap, driving post-punk, ballroom beats, and her signature “anime trap.” It’s undeniable — TiaCorine has arrived: “There’s no fear. No doubt. No second-guessing. I’ve reached my final form.”