AFTER over 20 years of contribution to the music industry in Guyana, Michelle ‘Big Red’ King is still at the top of her game.

The soca veteran recently released a sensational single titled, ‘Take that’, which has been rippling through the airwaves, and she is preparing to launch the video.

She told ‘The Buzz Magazine’ that this new hit was produced after she and her management team felt the need to try something new and different. That’s when they decided to try ‘Take that’, which was written for her by another Guyanese artiste, Malo Webster.

“Myself and management decided to try songs from another writer so we could come up with something fresh; something different. We also wanted to use a track from the late Spiderman to honour him, because around ‘Mash’ time is when he was the most wanted man. So the track was one that Spider built before he died, and the song was written by Malo. It was mixed by Akeem Yaw and produced in Vizion Sounds Studio,” Big Red said.

The first scene of the video, which is expected to be one of the best she’s ever produced, was shot on Sunday at the Hills Bar on Charlotte Street.

“I’m excited for the completion of this video. I have three more scenes to shoot, and that should be completed in the next two weeks or so. So Guyana can look out for the release of this hot compilation,” ‘Big Red’ said.

The soca artiste was dubbed Guyana’s Soca Queen back in 2006, after the release of the very tantalising ‘Guyanese whine’, which took her straight to the top of the charts in the soca fraternity.

She has participated in several Carib Soca Monarch competitions, placed 3rd in 2005, and was crowned Queen in 2006.

In 2008, she won the Mashramani Road March with the hit song, “On de Road Again”, and in November that same year, she rose above other nominees and captured the Accolade Award for the ‘Best Female Groovy Soca Single’ at the Accolade Music Awards of Guyana. She was First Runner-up in the 2011 Groovy Soca Monarch.

Over the years, ‘Big Red’ has performed with several bands, including Code Red, Mischievous Guys, and now Heatwave. She’s also well travelled, having gone to several countries promoting her talent, including Canada, different states in the US, Barbados, and even as far as China.

Year after year, she continues to make her mark and keep her name and songs alive.
Her last release was since last year, one of the most popular songs from the Guyana Carnival mix produced by Drew Thoven, titled ‘Talk to me’.
‘Big Red’ said she took a while to release new music because the bookings were overwhelming in the last couple of months.

“I was busy working and performing for the past couple months, especially during the ‘Mash’ Season, thanks to Ministry of Cohesion Department of Culture, and Nigel Worrell. I went to most of the regions to perform, and also on Stag Stage. ‘Mash’ was a big success, and I had a blast.
Now all that is over, I’m back in the studio making new music to release for my fans,” the queen said.

She continuously thanked her management team at Vizion Sounds and everyone who has been supporting her over the years to stay committed to her craft, despite all her trials.