Taking up residence in a coastal NSW town, Flume found inspiration by reconnecting with nature. The new album is inspired by Australia’s flora and faunaįlume tells us the follow-up to 2016’s world-conquering Skin and 2019’s Hi This Is Flume mixtape began taking shape once he escaped Los Angeles at the dawn of the pandemic and returned Down Under. The 13-track effort features a dizzying list of globe-spanning collabs, including Gorillaz and Blur mastermind Damon Albarn, UK’s LAUREL, US’s Caroline Polachek, Spain’s Vergen Maria, France’s Oklou, and fellow Australians Emma Louise and long-term Flume fave Kučka. MAY-A is one of several guests to feature on Flume’s upcoming third album Palaces. That’s the priority for me,” he said down the line from Los Angeles, amidst studio sessions with fellow Aussie hit-maker Sarah Aarons (who co-wrote ‘Say Nothing’). "I think the best work always comes out when you get along and really gel with the person. One thing led to another and here we are." “We hung out when I was back in and got along really great. “She’s got such a beautiful voice,” Harley ‘Flume’ Streten told triple j for the first global radio play of ‘Say Nothing’. The track features ARIA nom’d Sydney pop sensation and Unearthed favourite MAY-A (who just came #101 in the Hottest 200). Furthermore, it went Gold in the US and received Platinum certification in Australia.He’s back! After teasing a new single this week, Flume has dropped ‘Say Nothing’ featuring MAY-A, and announced a new album, Palaces, is coming 20 May.Ī futuristic banger with an emotive vocal performance, ‘Say Nothing’ is in the same megahit lineage of Hottest 100 successes ‘Never Be Like You’ ft. In addition, this project was a No.1 album in countries like Australia and New Zealand. It reached No.25 on the UK’s official albums chart. In the US it peaked at No.1 on the Billboard 200. Commercially, “Skin” enjoyed massive success in multiple regions. This single featured Swedish musician Tove Lo. “Say It” is the final single of this project and it was released on April 20 of 2016. Flume collaborated with Vince Staples on the latter song. They were both issued in January of 2016. “Never Be like You” and “Smoke & Retribution” are the first and second singles from the album.
“Skin” was promoted by three powerful singles. Mom + Pop Records, an American record company, also contributed to the release of this album. The album was made public through Australian record label, “Future Classic” and English record label, Transgressive Record. May 27 of 2016 is the official issuance date for Flume’s second studio project, “Skin”. “Never Be Like You” made Rolling Stone’s list of the best songs of 2016. The following songs also lost that award: It lost to “ Don’t Let Me Down” by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya.
The song was nominated for the award, “Best Dance/Electronic Recording” at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017. The song can be considered to belong to the Alternative R&B genre as well as the Future Bass genre. It was written and produced by Flume and Kai with support from Geoffrey Patrick Earley. On January 16 of 2016, Flume released this song as the 2nd single from his “Skin” album. Album/EP: “Skin” When was “Never Be Like You” released?