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Key Takeaways:
- KAYTRANADA is dropping his subsequent album, AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!, on Friday (Aug. 15).
- The lead single, “SPACE INVADER,” makes use of a pattern from Latrelle and Kelis’ “My Life.”
- KAYTRANADA might be hitting the highway with Justice for a North American tour.
KAYTRANADA made it clear that the summer time isn’t over but. On Tuesday (Aug. 12), he unveiled his newest single, “SPACE INVADER,” and confirmed that his fourth studio album, AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!, will arrive on Friday (Aug. 15) by way of RCA Data.
The brand new observe — which he teased throughout a Berlin set earlier this 12 months — is a glossy, late-night home groove that blends soulful components with a hypnotic pulse. Because it was constructed round a pattern of Latrelle and Kelis’ R&B track “My Life,” the track additionally boasts The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo as co-writers. There aren’t any visitor options on this explicit quantity, which leaves loads of house for the Haitian Canadian multitalent’s infectious manufacturing to shine.
KAYTRANADA introduced the challenge on social media on Monday (Aug. 11) with a playful picture of himself embraced by a cartoon-like character. “Oh lord, not a brand new album known as AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! — popping out this Friday?” he wrote. In an Instagram Story, he added, “Letting y’all know that this album is strictly for exercises, dancing and finding out, and for my individuals [who] love beats.”
The forthcoming effort will observe 2024’s TIMELESS, a 21-track, collaboration-heavy effort that earned a Grammy nomination for Finest Dance/Digital Album, peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 chart, and reached No. 2 on the High Dance Albums chart. Since then, KAYTRANADA launched TIMELESS Instrumentals, produced tracks for the likes of Justine Skye (“Oh Lala”) and FLO (“The Temper”), and crafted remixes for Mariah Carey’s “Don’t Overlook About Us” and JT’s “Ran Out.” In response to Freddie Gibbs, a full-length joint effort with the famed DJ can be within the works.
Whereas the AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! tracklist stays underneath wraps, the album’s rollout units the stage for a high-energy dwell run. This fall, KAYTRANADA will embark on a North American enviornment tour with French digital duo Justice, all of whom might be retaining dancefloors leaping in each the US and Canada. The tour kicks off this October in Vancouver and consists of stops in Seattle, Chicago, Brooklyn, Atlanta and Miami.