Blondie Enlist Blood Orange, Johnny Marr, Charli XCX, Sia for New Album, Share New Song “Fun”: Listen

Blondie have announced their 11th studio album. Pollinator is out May 5 via BMG. It was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sleater-Kinney, Swans) and features Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange), the Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Laurie Anderson, Charli XCX, Sia, Joan Jett, TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, and the Strokes’ Nick Valensi. Original members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and Clem Burke are featured throughout the record. Find the album track “Fun” (their collaboration with Sitek), the album’s artwork by Shepard Fairey, and the tracklist below.

In a statement, Stein said of their new record, “Quoting Emma Goldman, ‘If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution.’ In these trying times we need some fun.” Harry added, “We're very serious about fun.”

See where Blondie placed on Pitchfork’s “The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s.”

Pollinator:

01 Doom or Destiny
02 Long Time
03 Already Naked
04 Fun
05 My Monster
06 Best Day Ever
07 Gravity
08 When I Gave Up on You
09 Love Level
10 Too Much
11 Fragments 

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