Jamie xx has turned a recording of Erykah Badu ad-libbing throughout a technical malfunction into a brand new music. Taken from the expanded version of In Waves, out now digitally, “F.U.” is drawn from Badu’s efficiency at Primavera, in 2019, the place Jamie xx watched from the viewers and recorded the pattern on his cellphone. He made the ensuing music throughout the In Waves classes earlier than reconnecting with Badu in London, in line with a press launch.
“F.U.” is one in every of 5 additions to In Waves, together with three beforehand launched singles: “It’s So Good,” “Let’s Do It Again,” and the Notting Hill Carnival–impressed “Kill Dem.” Jamie xx stays on tour.