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Jun 29, 2017 Toro y Moi By Christopher Roberts

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Toro Y Moi is releasing a new album, Boo Boo, on July 7 via Carpark. Previously he shared a retro ‘80s-esque video for its first single, “Girl Like You.” Now he’s shared another song from the album, “You and I,” via its video. Watch it below.

Toro Y Moi’s main creative force Chaz Bundick (who has changed his name to Chaz Bear) recorded and produced the album in Portland, OR, between March 2016 and March 2017.

Bear issued the following lengthy statement about the album via a previous press release:

“After 7 years of touring and recording, I found myself becoming self conscious about my position in life as a ‘famous’ person, or at least my version of whatever that is. My dreams had become my reality, yet I was somehow unable to accept this new environment. I couldn’t help but fall into what might be described as an identity crisis. A feedback loop of fearful thoughts left me feeling confused. I felt as though I no longer knew what it was that I actually wanted and needed in and out of life, and at times I felt unable to even tell what was real.

“During this time of personal turmoil, I turned to music as a form of therapy, and it helped me cope with the pain that I was feeling. I’d listen to the same ambient song over and over again, trying to insulate myself from reality. I fell in love with space again.

“By the time I felt ready to begin working on a new record, I knew that this idea of space within music would be something that propelled my new work forward. The artists that were influencing what I was making included everyone from Travis Scott to Daft Punk, Frank Ocean to Oneohtrix Point Never, Kashif and Gigi Masin. I recognized that the common thread between these artists was their attention to a feeling of space, or lack thereof. I decided that I wanted to make a Pop record with these ideas in mind. That idea for a record is what eventually became Boo Boo.”

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