Although she wouldn’t give many hints about the producers and guest artists she’s collaborating with - in fear of jinxing any future releases - she did name-drop Willow Smith.

Nai describes some of the new music being recorded as acoustic records, à la Lauryn Hill‘s Unplugged. Hiatus Kaiyote Talk Jamming With Owls, Avoiding Madonna Features & 'Choose Your Weapon' AlbumĬurrently, Hiatus Kaiyote is preparing to tour during the latter part of spring into the summer and is gearing up to release a new LP next year. To me, it’s not like one is more important than the other. “The fact that somebody like Drake, as prestigious as an artist, experiencing so much of life, all the time, found sanctuary in, there’s beauty in that too. Still, she expressed gratitude for Drake’s artful selection. Paak‘s incorporation of “Molasses” (the penultimate track of Choose Your Weapon) on his Malibu (2016) cut “Without You.” The Australian artist says she receives countless reinterpretations of Hiatus Kaiyote songs on SoundCloud, with the most striking being a completely cello-ed out version of one tune. When comparing Drake’s sample to other artists’, Nai shouted out her friend, Anderson.

She’s glad she did, as this new experience is very “humbling.” Ultimately, the group decided to complete the project because they wanted to finish what they started. 1 Debut & New Streaming Record on Billboard 200 Albums…īack in 2015, “Building a Ladder” almost didn’t make the final cut of Choose Your Weapon. “The first time I heard it, the audio quality was pretty rough,” due to what Nai describes as “sh–ty connections.”ĭrake's 'More Life' Set for Huge No. Thanks to the fear of email leaks and hacks, the band was only allowed to hear the sample over the conference call.

It was an international affair: Drake’s producers in Toronto, his management team in London, Hiatus Kaiyote in Australia and their management in New York City. “Then we did a conference call with producer and his management, and they played it to us over the phone.” Someone hit him up and asked him about it being on the record,” Nai recalls. At first, the rapper’s producers tried to re-create the tune with different arrangements and musicians, but each attempt lacked the original’s power. “I think his people reached out to Salaam Remi, who is the head of our label, Flying Buddha.

The Australian band’s biggest A-list stan took his support a step further when he sampled the song at the beginning of “Free Smoke,” using Nai’s hauntingly raw vocals and keyboardist Simon Mavin’s minimalist accompaniment as the opener of his brand-new playlist More Life.

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