Has the track of the summer time formally arrived? Calvin Harris teamed together with his fellow music A-listers – Halsey, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams – for a throwback dance observe and equally trippy video.
July 15 marks the unofficial midway level of the summer time, and 4 of the most popular stars in music got here collectively for “Keep With Me,” a track aiming to be a chart-topping smash for the sunny season. With Calvin Harrison the helm, the collab options the vocal energy of Halsey, Pharrell Williams, and Justin Timberlake– all of who appeared within the accompanying video. The visible options the three singers vibing and grooving alongside. JT does his finest “Jamiroquai in ‘Digital Madness'” impression by dancing on a ground that appears to maneuver and shift. Halsey struts round in a pair of knee-high boots and quick shorts. Pharrell feels himself below the flashing lights, and Calvin? He makes an look however on the finish.
Calvin gave followers an early preview of what this new undertaking would entail by posting a snippet to his Twitter. The teaser video confirmed a Rolls Royce, Justin dancing in a mirrored room, Halsey in a blue prime (with wavy blonde-ish hair), and a cool disco guitar line. A low voice repeats “dance” on the beat, implying that this collab was made for the curler disco, the dance ground, and late-night events.
“Keep With Me” marks Calvin’s third single from his upcoming album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2, which arrives on Aug. 5. This will likely be Calvin’s sixth studio album and first since 2017’s Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1. He beforehand launched “New Cash” with 21 Savage, and “Potion,” which featured Dua Lipa. The remainder of the album will lend the highlight to Stefflon Don, Chloe Bailey, Charlie Puth, Pusha T, Shenseea, Tinashe, Normani, Lil Durk, Offset, 6lack, Coi LeRay, Busta Rhymes, Latto, Swae Lee, Jorja Smith, and Snoop Dogg (h/t Billboard).
“There have been just a few issues I wished to do in another way on this one as a result of I felt like the primary one, the concept was there, however I didn’t absolutely carry it all over,” Calvin advised Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 when discussing the variations between Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. “I used to be making beats, and I used to be simply making beats. I used to be like, I’m going to make beats which are like this, after which I’m going to try to get some artists on it. And that’s how I are likely to do issues with dance music. So I approached it in the identical means, and I used to be like, I’ll simply make beats, besides they’ll sound like this, however they’ll nonetheless clearly be digital beats.”
“Whereas with [Vol. 2] I used to be like, properly, I need to have extra, I need to have reside drums, and I need to have guitars and stuff,” mentioned Harris. “I wished the unique essence, and I need the layers and the grit and the grime, and I don’t need every little thing to be blended completely. I need issues to be too loud, and I need issues to be like, you already know, I need issues to be like Sly And The Household Stone when it’s simply blended on the fly, and it’s like, oh, he’s going to do a solo now, and also you’ll flip him up, and he’s too loud, but it surely simply sounds, I need that.”
Justin Timberlake was just lately heard on Jack Harlow’s album when he teamed with Jack for “Guardian Entice.” Apart from that, issues have been quiet for the “SexyBack” singer – save for Rolling Stone dubbing him the “king of cringe” and GenZ consuming him alive after he joined TikTok. Halsey dropped “So Good” on June 9, a track about their relationship with their associate Alev Aydin, who each directed and co-starred within the music video. Pharell has additionally been busy, dropping “Money In Money Out,” his collab with 21 Savage and Tyler, The Creator.