Kevin Parker: Last News

Dua Lipa has opened up about her recent collaboration with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and has revealed that the band’s ‘Currents‘ album, “completely changed my life.”The singer announced her return earlier this week (November 10) with the song ‘Houdini’, her first new music since 2020’s ‘Future Nostalgia’, which NME rated five stars upon release.Lipa’s upcoming new album is set to have what Lipa deemed “a psychedelic through-line”, which many think is the influence of her collaboration with Parker.Now, in a new interview with Triple J, Lipa has opened up about working with Parker more and how the band’s music was pivotal in her life.“In terms of things that I’m obsessed with, ‘Currents’ has been the soundtrack to my life,” Lipa said of Tame Impala’s third album, released in 2015. “It’s one of my favourite albums ever ever ever.

Dua Lipa has returned to music with the release of her highly anticipated single ‘Houdini’ marking a new era for the pop star.Written by Lipa, Caroline Ailin (Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry), Danny L. Harle (Caroline Polachek), Tobias Jesso Jr.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After the long life of Dua Lipa’s 2020 sophomore album “Future Nostalgia” — which was pandemic dance therapy for so many — there’s been a hot remix album, a year-long world tour, a global hit single with Elton John and her effervescent single from “Barbie,” so it really doesn’t seem like Variety‘s 2022 co-Hitmaker of the Year been absent. Yet it’s been almost three years since “Nostalgia” dropped, and today we get the first look at her next chapter with “Houdini,” the lead single and video from her still-untitled third full-length album.

Dua Lipa has surprised her fans by letting them listen to her forthcoming track ‘Houdini’ from her phone in the streets of London.A photo shared to X/Twitter showed the singer standing in front of the BBC building joined by a small crew who held a mirrorball and a banner that read “Congratulations, you are the first person to hear Dua Lipa’s brand new song.” Other crew members stood and waved flags that were coloured purple, green and blue.She is seen holding a phone up while a fan is wearing headphones, appearing to be listening to her latest track ‘Houdini’.The ‘Dance The Night’ singer’s new single is set to arrive this Thursday (November 9), which she’ll celebrate by holding three special “surprise launch events” across the globe later this month.Wasn’t expecting to see Dua Lipa when I popped out of the office for a coffee… pic.twitter.com/sNt23EhcvP— Mark Savage (@mrdiscopop) November 7, 2023It was recently revealed that Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker is a producer on the track. As revealed in the credits of a teaser snippet shared to Lipa’s YouTube channel, the Tame Impala multi-instrumentalist played an important role in the production of the new track.

Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker is a producer on Dua Lipa‘s new single ‘Houdini’, which is out this week.The ‘Dance The Night’ singer’s new single arrives on Thursday (November 9), which she’ll celebrate by holding three special “surprise launch events” across the globe later this month.As revealed in the credits of a teaser snippet shared to Lipa’s YouTube channel, the Tame Impala multi-instrumentalist played an important role in the production of the new track. Along with serving as producer and composer, he also lends instrumentals on bass guitar as well as backing vocals.Lipa has long expressed her admiration of Parker, sharing back in 2018 that her he was her dream-collaborator.It now looks more likely that Parker may have contributed to the rest of the currently unannounced new album, which she said would be out in 2024.Alongside this news, a New York Times Magazine appeared to suggest that Parker worked on the album.

Dua Lipa has continued to tease new music with a new video on her social media accounts.The artist shared a video of her with a key in her mouth as what seemed to be a snippet of a new song played in the background. The video was captioned “I’m not here for long”, perhaps in reference to the fact the last teaser she shared on Friday (October 27) was deleted not long after being posted.

Dua Lipa has hinted at the imminent release of new music with teaser post shared to social media today (October 27).Earlier this month, fans predicted that a new era could be on the way from the ‘One Kiss’ singer after she wiped her Instagram profile and uploaded a new profile picture.Now, the artist has suggested that a new single could be arriving very soon, sharing a close-up picture of a small key between her teeth with the caption “catch me or I go…”.A post shared by DUA LIPA (@dualipa)The singer’s anticipated follow-up to 2020’s ‘Future Nostalgia’ has been teased for a few years. In March last year, she told Elton John that the album was “50 per cent done”, before walking the statement back in December.

Thundercat recently performed at the Greek Theatre in LA and brought out a star-studded cast of special guests for his show including Childish Gambino, Kevin Parker, and Steve Lacy – watch all footage below.The Californian singer and bassist has collaborated with a plethora of musicians on his music, including recent album ‘It Is What It Is‘. In NME‘s four-star review, we said of the 2020 record: “the jazz-fusion bassline don reins in the funk to honour his fallen friend [Mac Miller], though also lets loose with the likes of Childish Gambino by his side.”Last Thursday (October 5), Thundercat (real name Stephen Lee Bruner) brought out four collaborators for his show to play some classics from the Thundercat catalogue.First, Childish Gambino and Lacy came out on stage to perform ‘Black Qualls’ from ‘It Is What It Is’; our writer Sam Moore previously wrote that ‘Black Qualls’ “should be up for consideration as the best song of 2020”.Childish Gambino & Steve Lacy come out to play”Black Qualls” during Thundercat’s show in Los Angeles! pic.twitter.com/yTDoSL1ZJ2— We Write About Music (@itsamusicblog) October 6, 2023Then, Gambino stayed to perform ‘II.

Dua Lipa is seemingly preparing to return with new music!

The New York Times Style Magazine, Lipa engaged in a candid conversation that left fans with tantalizing hints about her upcoming musical project. While the Grammy-winning artist didn’t outright confirm the existence of a new album, her subtle response to a question about an impending release spoke volumes.

Dua Lipa is addressing her relationship with the media.

Dua Lipa has shared a further update on the release of her third album, which reportedly features Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker.The singer’s highly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s ‘Future Nostalgia’ has been teased for a few years. In March last year, she told Elton John that the record was “50 per cent done”, before walking the statement back in December.

Back in 2012, Kevin Parker released the second Tame Impala album Lonerism, the project that would propel the Australian psych-rock project from blog favorite to global stardom, sold-out shows, the works. Last October was Lonerism's 10th anniversary, and an expanded edition of the album is out today.

Tame Impala have shared a new 10th anniversary box set of ‘Lonerism’ – listen to new songs ‘Retina Show’ and ‘Sidetracked Soundtrack’ below.The special edition of the 2012 LP was announced back in February and released yesterday (May 26).It includes three vinyl records and a 24-page booklet. Among the bonus tracks featured are unreleased demo versions of ‘Retina Show’ and ‘Sidetracked Soundtrack’, two songs from the ‘Lonerism’ sessions that didn’t make the final album.

Thundercat has shared "No More Lies," a new collaboration with Tame Impala's Kevin Parker. The song is the first new Thundercat material since the release of his Grammy-winning 2020 album It Is What It Is.

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Thundercat has teamed up with Tame Impala to release the new one-off single ‘No More Lies’. Check out the track below.Released today (April 25) via Brainfeeder, the new single marks the first time that the two have collaborated, and also marks Thundercat’s first new music in over three years.As per a press release, ‘No More Lies’ sees the duo combine their two unique styles and explore the motif of a doomed relationship.

NME is set to launch the second instalment of its new NME Screen series – hosting an advanced screening of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Find out how to get tickets below.The series – which creates exclusive film and TV experiences for NME‘s millions of entertainment fans – was launched earlier this month, kicking off with a celebration of ’00s NYC indie documentary Meet Me In The Bathroom.Next, the series will host a special screening of the upcoming fantasy film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves – starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant and more.Taking place at London’s Finsbury Park Picturehouse on Thursday March 30, the screening comes ahead of the film’s release the following day.

RELEASESTame Impala have released new track ‘Wings Of Time’, taken from the soundtrack of upcoming movie ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’. “Being asked to do a track for the ‘D&D’ soundtrack seemed like an unmissable opportunity to indulge in my long time love of fantasy prog rock”, says main man Kevin Parker.Fever Ray has released the video for ‘Even It Out’, from new album ‘Radical Romantics’, which came out on Friday. The clip features a cameo from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who produced the track.Enter Shikari have released new single ‘Bloodshot’.

Tame Impala have shared a new song that will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (due in theaters on March 31). The track is called “Wings of Time” and is described by Kevin Parker in a statement as representing "an unmissable opportunity to indulge in my long time love of fantasy prog rock.” "I recruited my good friend Nicholas Allbrook, who is the person I know appreciates this subject matter the most," Parker added.