Who Shot Scott – Fast Car: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Continuing his streak of back to back releases in 2026, Auckland based alternative artist and producer WHO SHOT SCOTT is keeping his foot firmly on the gas with his ultra charged new single, Fast Car.
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Bursting at the seams with explosive drums, distorted bass and a vocal delivery that sounds like it’s tearing down the motorway at full throttle, this track captures the raw, high-octane energy that has become a defining part of the WHO SHOT SCOTT sound.
Following on from the melancholic ‘PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD’, and eclectically wavy ‘BAD GIRLS’, ‘FAST CAR’ Serves as the latest single from his upcoming debut album HAIRY – set for release June 5th – a reclamation project revisiting stories from his teenage years, this track balances blistering sonic intensity with a deeply personal emotional core. Lyrically revisiting the warped logic of teenage insecurity, reflecting on a time when something as simple as a flashy car could feel like the difference between being invisible and being seen.
About the song, WHO SHOT SCOTT shares:
“I wrote this song thinking back to being 17 and feeling like the absolute bottom of the food chain. I was a bullied kid and high school had this brutal little hierarchy where the guys with the flashy cars automatically got the attention, the admiration, just everything. In my teenage brain it started to feel like that one thing… A fast car was the missing piece that would magically fix my life. Like if I could just drive 140km down a blacktop with the engine screaming, suddenly the bullying would stop, my crush would choose me, all the shit I was going through would disappear. Of course that’s complete teenage fantasy logic, but when you’re that age it feels incredibly real. This song is me capturing that mindset in song form and exposing just how fragile those thoughts actually were.”
‘FAST CAR’ is accompanied by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Connor Pritchard. Instead of roaring down highways, the video sees WHO SHOT SCOTT performing alone on a school bus – an homage to the only form of transport available to him at the time of inspiration for the track. The visual mirrors the song’s central tension: while the “cool kids” sped off in their fast cars, he was still catching the bus home, left to wrestle with the insecurity that moment created.
Arriving June 5th of 2026, ‘FAST CAR’, ‘PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD’ and ‘BAD GIRLS’ – as well as previously released singles ‘LFTBU’ and ‘FRENCH FEVER’ – are pieces of the vision that is WHO SHOT SCOTT’s long-awaited debut album HAIRY – a record built on the scars of his adolescence, and the transformation of that pain into power. HAIRY is loud, unfiltered and impossible to box in – it’s an album that thrives in extremes, unafraid to make the listener feel, laugh, and groove in equal measure.
For WHO SHOT SCOTT, the project is as much a reclamation as it is a debut statement. Following two APRA Silver Scroll nominations, a Japan tour, and a feature placement in the global trailer for Borderlands 4, the artist continuously refuses to present a polished, “music industry optimised” version of himself. Instead, HAIRY leans into his raw edges and the contradictions that make his story uniquely his, with the irony being that in its specificity, it becomes deeply relatable to anyone who listens. A middle finger to conformity, and an invitation to anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider. It’s bold, refreshingly unashamed, and it cements WHO SHOT SCOTT as one of the most fearless voices emerging out of Aotearoa right now.
Alongside a UK tour in May and showcase appearances at The Great Escape 2026 and NXNE Toronto 2026, WHO SHOT SCOTT’s career trajectory continues to accelerate. The speedometer is climbing and he just might win the race this time.
ABOUT WHO SHOT SCOTT: A boy fled Iraq in the arms of his mother when he was just two years old. Their journey took them through Moscow before finally arriving in New Zealand, where Zaidoon Nasir would grow up navigating the dualities of life between cultures. Settling in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau, he embraced video games and US hip hop like so many of his new peers. Little did he know that within that sense of belonging he would also be confronted with what it meant to be different – in skin, in hair, in heritage. A truth that would eventually drive him to find his voice through art and music.
That voice became WHO SHOT SCOTT, an artist and music producer unafraid to fuse raw vulnerability with sonic explosivity. Over five EPs, he has crafted a fearless, genre-blurring sound, part alternative hip-hop, part punk energy, part electronic experimentation, celebrated internationally for its “filthy and frantic” urgency and emotional depth.
Rolling Stone Australia named him one of the Top 8 New Zealand artists tipped to take over, truly cementing his reputation as a disruptive new force in the scene.
His single ‘LONERS ANTHEM’ spent four weeks at #1 on the NZ College Radio Network charts and was voted the most beloved track of 2022. His work has been playlisted by MTV and streaming editorials, synced across television, gaming, and advertising, and championed by radio throughout New Zealand, Australia, the US, UK, and Europe. EPs ‘MERCY III’ and ‘BRAIN (SIDE A)’ both broke into the North American College Radio charts, expanding his reach even further and exemplifying the fact that his stories are felt universally.
Recent milestones include two APRA Silver Scroll award nominations, an international sync in the trailer for Borderlands 4, and a successful Japan tour. He has opened for genre heavyweights Snoop Dogg and Yung Gravy, performed at WOMAD, Rhythm & Vines, Soundsplash, SXSW Sydney, BIGSOUND, and Music Matters Singapore. With over 300,000 monthly Spotify listeners and a dedicated cult following across the US, Canada, Central Europe, UK, and Australia, WHO SHOT SCOTT continues to build momentum as one of Aotearoa’s most dynamic voices.
Every song carries the weight of his journey, turning past shame into pride, alienation into human connection, and pain into power.
HAIRY Tracklisting
01. LFTBU
02. BAD GIRLS
03. FRENCH FEVER
04. PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD
05. FAST CAR
06. I’M YOUR ALIEN
07. EVERYDAY STRUGGLE
08. EW HAIRY ARAB
09. PEAKED IN HIGHSCHOOL
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