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Sep 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish electro-pop band Little Dragon and Canadian instrumental hip-hop/jazz band BADBADNOTGOOD have teamed up for a new song, "Tried." The song features lead vocals from Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano and is out now via Innovative Leisure. Listen below, followed by the cover art for the single.

BADBADNOTGOOD had this to say about the collaboration in a press release: "We've all been big fans of Little Dragon for years, and had a chance to play some shows and hang out with them recently, which eventually led to this collaboration. They're a truly captivating and unique group of musicians, and we're really excited to share this song with them and hope to work together again in the future!"

Little Dragon had this to say: "We first met BADBADNOTGOOD at SXSW several years ago and we were struck by their raw sweaty energy. We got really excited when they sent us an instrumental idea, it had a beautiful fragile mood that felt reminiscent of a classic but still new. We are super excited to share the track."

Little Dragon released their last album, Season High, back in April 2017 via Loma Vista. Back in February they shared a brand new song not found on that album, "Sway Daisy," and in March they shared another new song, "Best Friends." Both songs were released as a 12-inch single in April. In September 2017 they also shared another new song not found on Season High, "Peace of Mind," which featured the guest vocals of '90s R&B icon Faith Evans (as well as those of Little Dragon singer Yukimi Nagano). BADBADNOTGOOD's last album was 2016's IV.

Also read our 2017 Self-Portrait interview with Little Dragon.

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