Kim Gordon has detailed her third solo album, PLAY ME, arriving March 13 via Matador Records. The announcement is paired with the lead single “NOT TODAY,” an atmospheric track that finds the Sonic Youth icon embracing a more melodic, vulnerable vocal style. Produced by long-time collaborator Justin Raisen, the 12-track project moves away from the industrial trap of 2024’s The Collective toward a “motorik” krautrock influence, with Gordon describing the sessions as faster, more focused, and heavily beat-oriented.
The single arrives with a short film directed by Rodarte founders Kate and Laura Mulleavy, featuring Gordon in a custom archival gown. Lyrically, PLAY ME is a sharp-edged critique of 2026’s technocratic landscape, featuring a guest appearance from Dave Grohl and a closing track, “ByeBye25!”, that repurposes a list of words reportedly banned by the Trump administration. Between its dark humour and motorik grooves, the album serves as a defiant document of “post-empire” reality and the absurdities of modern AI-driven culture.
Kim Gordon says:
“I started singing in a way I hadn’t sung in a long time. This other voice came out.”
On her collaboration with Justin Raisen, Gordon adds:
“We wanted the songs to be short. We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident. I always kind of work off of rhythms, and I knew I wanted it to be even more beat-oriented than the last one.”
Reflecting on the album’s themes, she notes:
“I have to say, the thing that influenced me most was the news. We are in some kind of ‘post empire’ now, where people just disappear. I was kind of musing about, is my next boss going to be an AI chatbot? We’re the first ones whose lights are going to go out—not the tech billionaires.”
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