James Blake announced his new album Friends That Break Your Heart last month with the release of lead single "Say What You Will" and its Finneas-featuring video. The second advance track, "Life Is Not The Same," is out today. It pairs Blake with Take A Daytrip, the production duo who broke through with Sheck Wes' "Mo Bamba" and have worked on most of Lil Nas X's post-"Old Town Road" singles and the chart-topping Travis Scott/Kid Cudi collab "The Scotts" among work for lots of other noteworthy names.
Together they've come up with a pretty compelling spin on Blake's poppy, post-Assume Form sound, one that laces his impassioned howls and eerie piano chords with hefty low end that reminds me of a hip-hop song out of Houston or the West Coast. Thematically, it finds him still deeply attached to his partner Jameela Jamil: "Life is not the same if we're miles away!" Dig into the track below.
Friends That Break Your Heart is out 9/10 on Republic.
