Kim Gordon has announced her third album, PLAY ME. The follow-up to 2024’s The Collective is set for release on March 13 via Matador Records. The lead single ‘NOT TODAY’ comes paired with a short film directed by Rodarte fashion label founders and filmmakers Kate and Laura Mulleavy. “I started singing in a way I hadn’t sung in a long time,” Gordon said in a statement. “This other voice came out.” Check it out below.
PLAY ME continues Gordon’s collaboration with Los Angeles producer Justin Raisen, but ‘NOT TODAY’ hints at a more motorik-driven, less abrasive sound than its predecessor. “We wanted the songs to be short,” Gordon said in a press release. “We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident. I always kind of work off of rhythms, and I knew I wanted it to be even more beat-oriented than the last one. Justin really gets my voice and my lyrics and he understands how I work—that came forth even more on this record.”
“I have to say, the thing that influenced me most was the news,” she added. “We are in some kind of ‘post empire’ now, where people just disappear.”
PLAY ME Cover Artwork:
PLAY ME Tracklist:
1. PLAY ME
2. GIRL WITH A LOOK
3. NO HANDS
4. BLACK OUT
5. DIRTY TECH
6. NOT TODAY
7. BUSY BEE
8. SQUARE JAW
9. SUBCON
10. POST EMPIRE
11. NAIL BITER
12. BYEBYE25!
