Blone Noble and Dakota Blue Give Vanity a Sinister New Wardrobe on “Designer”

Blone Noble and Dakota Blue collaborate on “Designer,” a song examining vanity and the relationship between beauty, status, and belonging. Drawing on influences including early Simple Minds, Dalis Car, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, and Roxy Music, the track explores how desire becomes entangled with commerce and identity. The composition features fretless bass, synthesizers with unexpected harmonic shifts, drum machines, and Noble’s vocals that transition from crooning to menacing whispers, creating an atmosphere of eroticism and faint menace. The song follows their previous collaboration “Subterranean World” and reflects Noble’s interest in Los Angeles’s artistic corners. Recorded in Pasadena, the partnership suggests further musical possibilities. Noble has released Leaders Of The World EP in 2023 and Life’s New Adventure in 2025, and performs at Substance in Los Angeles on October 24, 2026.

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