Kavinsky: Last News

Phoenix, Kavinsky and Angèle have teased the release of their ‘Nightcall’ collab remix which was performed during the Paris Olympics.The French indie rock band took to their official X/Twitter account to share a photo of a billboard in what appears to be Los Angeles. The billboard features a red sports car in the middle of it with a giant phone on top of the sign. The bottom of the sign reads “Kavinsky.

Kavinsky‘s ‘Nightcall’ has broken the record to become the most Shazamed song ever in a single day.The 2010 song was played by the French electro-pop pioneer during the closing ceremony at the Stade de France on Sunday (August 11), when he performed alongside Phoenix, Air and Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig.French electronic icons Phoenix and Air were both heavily rumoured to be making an appearance last week, and came together to perform a medley of songs, surrounded by Olympic medallists who had competed at the event since the opening ceremony on July 26.Among the songs featured was Kavinsky’s hit ‘Nightcall’, which was shared in 2010 but gained huge popularity after being featured in the movie Drive starring Ryan Gosling. CSS singer Lovefoxxx sang on the original version.The track then went on to gain more notoriety in the music world, having been covered by London Grammar in 2013, sampled by The Weeknd – with the two later joining forces for the song ‘Odd Luck’ – and played as the track Avenged Sevenfold enter the stage to during their most recent tour dates.Now, it has been confirmed that its feature at the 2024 Olympics has led to it breaking the record as the song to be Shazamed the most times in a single day.The song is currently sitting tight at the top of the Top 200 Global chart on Shazam and, at time of writing, has 6,921,000 Shazams on the app.

Phoenix teamed up with Air, Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig and French electro-pop pioneer Kavinsky at the closing ceremony of Paris Olympics 2024.The French band, who were heavily rumoured to be making an appearance earlier this week, performed a medley of songs at the Stade de France, surrounded by Olympic medallists who had competed at the event since the opening ceremony on July 26.Kicking off with ‘Lisztomania’, the band then teamed up with Kavinsky and Belgian singer Angèle for the former’s hit ‘Nightcall’, which featured in the the movie Drive starring Ryan Gosling. CSS singer Lovefoxxx sang on the original version.

Kavinsky has announced ‘Reborn’, his first new album in nine years – you can hear his latest single ‘Zenith’ below.The French producer, real name Vincent Belorgey, returned to action back in November with the track ‘Renegade’.Kavinsky will now release ‘Reborn’ on March 25 via Fiction / Virgin Music France, marking his first full release since his 2013 debut ‘Outrun’ (which featured his breakthrough track, the Drive-featuring ‘Nightcall’).To celebrate the news of ‘Reborn’, Kavinsky has today (February 4) shared the single ‘Zenith’, which you can hear in the below video.Billed as the sequel to ‘Nightcall’, which was originally released in 2010, ‘Zenith’ features The Dø’s Prudence (AKA Olivia Merilahti) and Justice collaborator Morgan Phalen on vocals.“Muted and futuristic, the new song reveals Kavinsky’s romantic side,” a press release further explains about the track. “Like ‘Nightcall’, it’s a duet between man and a woman. Yet with ‘Zenith’, he flips the script, featuring the female character, Prudence, on the verses while Morgan Phalen takes the choruses, playing the male lead.“A soulful, sensuous saxophone adds a distinctive third voice as the song plays out.” Pre-order of ‘Reborn’ is available now from here.You can see the album’s tracklist, which also includes collaborations with Cautious Clay and Sébastien Tellier, below.1. ‘Pulsar’2. ‘Reborn’ (feat. Romuald)3. ‘Renegade’ (feat. Cautious Clay)4. ‘Trigger’5. ‘Goodbye’ (feat. Sébastien Tellier)6. ‘Plasma’ (feat. Morgan Phalen)7. ‘Cameo’ (feat. Kareen Lomax)8. ‘Zenith’ (feat. Morgan Phalen, Prudence)9. ‘Vigilante’ (feat. Morgan Phalen)10. ‘Zombie’11. ‘Outsider’12. ‘Horizon’

Kavinsky has shared his first new music in over eight years with new track ‘Renegade’ – listen to it below.The French music producer, most well-known for his 2010 single ‘Nightfall’ which featured in the film Drive, has not released any new music since 2013.The new single, which you can listen to here, also features vocals from Cautious Clay.Kavinsky worked on ‘Renegade’ with Victor Le Masne and Justice’s Gaspard Augé at Paris’ Motorbass Studio.Cautious Clay, meanwhile, co-wrote the track with the producers.‘Renegade’ will appear on Kavinsky’s new album ‘Reborn’, the follow-up to his 2013 release, ‘Outrun’.