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M83 Announce New Album, “Fantasy”
Famed electronic music group M83 have announced a new album, Fantasy. Fantasy is M83’s ninth studio album and first since 2019’s DSVII. It’s been confirmed for a March 17th release via Other Suns, a record label founded by Anthony Gonzalez, the band’s frontman. M83 recently released “Oceans Niagara,” the lead single from Fantasy, an atmospheric track that swells from its first bar all the way to its cathartic coda. The song dropped alongside an otherworldly music video directed by Gonzalez’s brother Yann, which has a distinctly retro feel with gritty animations, vintage clothing and kaleidoscopic snapshots from fanciful sets. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Speaking with NME, Gonzalez said M83 recorded the album over countless hours in...
Listen to This Absurd Mashup of M83’s “Midnight City” and “The Simpsons” Character Nelson Muntz
We’re willing to bet that a viral TikTok mashup of The Simpsons and M83 probably was not on your 2020 bingo card. But here we are. TikTok creator Teo Domani, who describes himself as the “CEO of mashups,” recently shared a mashup of M83’s iconic synthwave single “Midnight City” and Nelson Muntz‘s famous laugh from The Simpsons. You know the one—the shrill “ah-ha!” that the school bully cackles as he taunts others, including Bart. Domani’s clever mashup has gone haywire on the popular video sharing platform, racking up over 4.5M views at the time of this article’s publishing. Other zany mashups on Domani’s profile include amalgamations of Lil Baby‘s “Heatin’ Up” with the Super Smash Bros. B...
