Haim have revealed new details about their upcoming album, including an uncleared George Michael sample and Beyoncé-inspired elements.
The band shared their latest single ‘Relationships’ on 12th March, and have now offered more insight into their as-yet-untitled album in a new interview with i-D.
The opening track, ‘Gone’, is set to feature a sample of the gospel chant from George Michael’s ‘Freedom ’90’, though it hasn’t yet been cleared by the late artist’s team. “Everything’s gonna figure out,” Alana says of the sample usage.
Danielle explains the inspiration behind the track: “I was listening to the Beyoncé album, and I was really inspired by all the different samples. It doesn’t feel ‘Fuck you’ to me—it feels like… ‘I’m gonna do my thing.'”
The album also includes ‘Take Me Back’, described as a rose-tinted eulogy to lost loves. Alana notes that the record is “the closest we’ve ever gotten to how we wanted to sound,” while Danielle discusses their collaboration with producer Rostam: “Working with Rostam, in general it’s very quick, kinetic with him, which I really love as an artist. Maybe before, it wasn’t that way, it was kind of a more… longer, searching, laboured situation.”
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