Earlier this month, Moses Sumney shared a clip on Instagram of Hayley Williams showing off her surprisingly proficient crip walk skills. It turns out the video had a greater purpose: It was the lead up to their gently funky new single together, “I Like It I Like It.”
In a recent interview with Document Journal, Sumney, who is also an actor, gave an update on his forthcoming album.
“I will be here [in New York City], because I’m having my stage debut,” he said. “I’ll be in Shakespeare in the Park this summer in The Twelfth Night alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, and Sandra Oh, and it’s completely insane, because I’ve never done theater before, not even in high school. I don’t know who told me to do that, but I definitely must have been feeling bold when I went up for it, so I’m trying to finish my record before then.”
Sumney continued, “I’m excited to make a record that is about connection. I’m excited to be working on a record that is ultimately exploring what it means to be in relation to other people… I’m especially excited to tear it apart and put it back together again and finish it and know that there are at least between four and 800 people who will listen to it.”
You can listen to “I Like It I Like It” above.