Thundercat’s has dropped new single “ThunderWave” featuring WILLOW, the track is lifted of his forthcoming record Distracted, available April 3rd via Brainfeeder. The song, follows previous singles “She Knows Too Much (Feat. Mac Miller)”, ”I Did This To Myself (Feat. Lil Yachty & Flying Lotus)” and “I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time.”

Thundercat shared some thoughts about creating the track: Willow, the weeping, the whimsy, the whispy, the wizard. Grateful for the opportunity to create and spend time with such a beautiful human. Our journey together has been quite a fun one. Creating this song together, felt very much like the real us. So happy to be able to share.

Thundercat is deeply skeptical of technological “progress,” especially the way it’s narrowed our collective imagination instead of expanding it. He jokes about Star Trek and childhood dreams of space travel, then pivots to the anticlimax of reality: drones without lasers, phones that only upgrade cameras, innovation reduced to spying and access. The disappointment isn’t just about gadgets; it’s about what we were promised versus what we got.

The drawbacks of distraction are evident in today’s attention (deficit) economy, but a true idiosyncratic like Thundercat can identify the ways in which it can be used to one’s advantage. You can’t spell ‘daydreams’ without ‘dreams,’ after all.

“Sometimes you need to be distracted to focus in a different way,” Thundercat declares.

What he ultimately wants listeners to take from Distracted is disarmingly simple: “Just enjoy it and have fun and just know that the struggle is real and changes shape, but just to keep pushing forward.” In an era that demands constant commentary, Thundercat offers something quieter and, in its own way, more radical. He gives permission to be confused. To be tired. To be, well, distracted — and still make something beautiful out of the noise.

Over the last few months, Thundercat has been busy, he’s sitting at Rick Owens for Paris Fashion week, he’s appearing on Trackstar and Colbert, and ASAP Rocky is inviting him along to perform on Saturday Night Live.

Thundercat
Distracted
Brainfeeder
Tracklisting

1. Candlelight
2. No More Lies (feat. Tame Impala)
3. She Knows Too Much (feat. Mac Miller)
4. I Did This To Myself (feat. Lil Yachty)
5. Funny Friends (feat. A$AP Rocky)
6. What Is Left To Say
7. I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time
8. Anakin Learns His Fate
9. Walking On The Moon
10. This Thing We Call Love (feat. Channel Tres)
11. ThunderWave (feat. WILLOW)
12. Pozole
13. A.D.D. Through The Roof
14. Great Americans
15. You Left Without Saying Goodbye

Pre-order Distracted by Thudercat HERE

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