Back in the late 2010s, Hiatus Kaiyote earned a reputation for being your favorite rapper’s favorite band, appearing as samples in tracks from Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Anderson .Paak, and the Carters, to name a few.
Now, the neo-soul quartet have announced their new album, Love Heart Cheat Code, which arrives June 28 via Brainfeeder Records/Ninja Tune, and shared the new single “Make Friends.” Overtop woozy funk, the song is an ode to the importance of platonic love and uses three different genders — female, male, and nonbinary — throughout the verses to show inclusivity. “I wanted to have representation for just the different examples of people that I love from the women in my life, to the men, to my nonbinary friends,” vocalist Nai Palm shares, “and it was very natural and fun to work on as a formula.
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“When I sang the third verse, the ‘them/they’ verse, I actually had to stop,” she continues. “Just realizing that inclusivity is so often denied to some of the people that I love the most, my best besties.”
Listen to “Make Friends,” plus check out the album artwork, tracklist, and their upcoming tour dates, below.
Love Heart Cheat Code tracklist
“Dreamboat”
“Telescope”
“Make Friends”
“BMO is Beautiful”
“Everything’s Beautiful”
“Dimitri”
“Longcat”
“How To Meet Yourself”
“Love Heart Cheat Code”
“Cinnamon Temple”
“White Rabbit”
