Rapper praised “Deadbeat” and stated that he will call Kevin Parker to understand the album
North American rapper Travis Scott surprised fans by posting strong praise for the recently released album on their Instagram stories Deadbeatfrom Tame Impala. In the publication made last Saturday, the 18th, he declared:
“This is the best album released in the last two years. Kevinyou’ve gone crazy. Like, really crazy. Like, bro. I’ll call you soon because I need to understand something, bro. EVERYONE, LISTEN, BUY, PLAY AND LIVE THIS.”
The message appears over the album’s cover image, highlighting the impact the project had among artists and fans. Travis and Kevin Parker have worked together before — the frontman of Tame Impala participated in the production of tracks on the album Astroworld (2018), from Travisconsolidating an artistic partnership marked by the fusion of psychedelia, rap and electronics.
Deadbeatreleased last Friday, the 17th, marks the return of Tame Impala after five years since The Slow Rush (2020). The album features 12 tracks that mix electronic psychedelia and references to Australian bush doof. Critics and the public have received the album with enthusiasm, highlighting tracks such as “My Old Days”, “Dracula” and “Afterthought” as the big highlights.
About Deadbeat
In short, after exploring the macro in their last albums, Parker decides to focus on the micro. As he himself explains in an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone: “There’s beauty in the everyday. You know, the everyday is where our life is. It’s where our life is right now.” This shift in perspective is the beating heart of Deadbeat.
The inspirations came, firstly, from bush doof culture and the rave scene in Western Australia — parties in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forest, far from cities, where electronic music meets the vastness of the Australian interior. For him, “the freedom and the way they do it catches my attention. It’s totally off the grid. It’s far from the city. Far from the real world. It’s just a way to disconnect from reality.”
If before the move to electronics was just an experiment, now it has materialized in Deadbeat — and soon in the conception of the album. “It was something that I loved doing, you know? I’ve always loved electronic music, I’ve always loved dance music. But I just didn’t have the confidence to pursue it. And this time I thought, ‘Why not?’.”
Finally, lyrically, Deadbeat it presents Parker channeling “endless depression” — a self-deprecating guy stuck in a negative feedback loop when he should have had his life together a long time ago.
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Source: Rollingstone
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