Until last month, trying to justify to people that I’m a fan of both Santigold and M.I.A. has made me feel like a pre-Anne Sullivan Helen Keller (i.e. probably not that great of taste in music and unable to articulate myself anyway). Just pick one big, young, multicultural, female act, Emma! You don’t need both! But since Santigold put out “Big Mouth,” her first single in what feels like forever off her new album, Master Of My Make-Believe (due to arrive May 1st via Downtown/Atlantic Records and said to feature cameos from Major Lazer’s Switch, TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, and songwriter/producer Greg Kurstin), I’ve begun to feel more and more like Miss Sullivan herself. With an intro at home among the updated-80s synths and poppy basses of Glass Candy, Temper Trap, and Desire, Santigold’s “Disparate Youth” is pure enthopop bliss—but is it enough to shift Santigold out from behind M.I.A.’s neon and rhinestone-encrusted shadow and earn her the title of Miracle Worker? We’ll have to wait and see.

“Disparate Youth” is available on iTunes, long with remixes by Switch, the 2 Bears, and Amateur Best. Check out the “animated video” for the song above if you can’t spare the $0.99.

STREAM: Santigold – “Disparate Youth”