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MCK & Obito set heaven ablaze on 'Xa Xôi'

The Vietnamese rapper's HVL rollout gets its most hellish chapter yet

LiFTED | Jensen Ooi | 31 Jul 2026


'Xa Xôi' finds MCK and Obito diving headfirst into their Opium influences. The track leans hard into that lane's signature sound – thick, Auto-Tuned vocals in the spirit of Playboi Carti or Destroy Lonely – laid over a thumping Trap beat built for maximum aggression.

Both rappers match that energy bar for bar, trading double-time verses that come fast and relentless, tearing through the production rather than riding it. There's no letup across the whole run as the two MCs push each other harder with every bar.

The video descends into chaos immediately. Directed by Phương Vũ of Antiantiart, it drops MCK and Obito into a landscape that reads as heaven at first glance, until flames and hellish imagery take over, turning paradise into something closer to purgatory as the two trade verses inside it.

It's the latest chapter in MCK's HVL rollout – the 30-track album he surprise-dropped earlier this year, which landed at No. 4 on Spotify's Top Album Debut chart. Phương Vũ has directed every visual from the era so far, from the anime vampire-hunter world of 'IDK' to the gothic odyssey of 'NHÌN KẺ THÙ CỦA TAO.' 'Xa Xôi' keeps that streak burning, literally.

Check out the music video for MCK and Obito’s 'Xa Xôi' below.