Thain and Hippy K bring fire and resilience on “Still Sick”

Thain’s latest single, “Still Sick,” is a raucous collision of rap energy and rock grit, a track that doesn’t play as much as it hits hard. A stunning display once more of that unapologetically raw sound and emotional honesty from Thain, and he has that in droves. This time, he’s accompanied by fellow Midwest artist Hippy K, and together they form a sound that feels both vintage and aggressively modern.

“Still Sick” pulses with a vein of defiance, thick guitar variations cleaving through wrought-iron beats while Thain delivers verses soaked in gravel, desperation, and self-knowledge. Thain and Hippy K are chemistry manifested, their contradictory voices dragging against each other, building a wall of sound on which to straddle that somehow manages to stay balanced and alive. It’s not just a feature, it’s a vision of fusion.

“Still Sick” is a song about resilience. The lyrics delve into the grind, the relentless struggle between ambition and adversity, as well as illness and survival. It’s all defiant spark, however, pushing through every bar, translating pain into momentum and struggle into art. It’s that kind of emotional duality, rap’s raw, confessional storytelling laid over rock’s explosive energy, that keeps Thain’s sound magnetizing.

On “Still Sick,” Thain creates a movement of people who, like him, won’t let anyone take something they shouldn’t. It’s loud, it’s honest, and it’s unapologetically Thain, a jagged declaration that even if life kicks your teeth in down to nothing but gums, the truly relentless stay sick with passion.