And with his bilingual version of “Born to Be Alive,” Jackson Wang, a Hong Kong-based rapper and member of South Korean band GOT7, lends some global street cred to make the album feel even more modern. Vincent’s hazy, vocoder-heavy take on “Funky Town” and Thundercat’s sparkly, woozy rendition of “Fly Like an Eagle,” both of which lend an air of futurism to such an otherwise retro album. and Alabama Shakes lead singer Brittany Howard. But the execution is anything but predictable, with a collaborator list that includes rappers Brockhampton and Tierra Whack, indie it girls Caroline Polachek and Phoebe Bridgers, and more classical-leaning rockers like Gary Clark Jr. The concept behind the album is pretty straightforward: a collection of ’70s songs reimagined by contemporary artists. He continued, “And so it started with, ‘What do we need to do for the film?’ and then it built up to, since we’re playing around in the sandbox of ’70s songs, why don’t we make something new? Let’s create this lineup of ’70 songs and tracks covered by the coolest artists ever that show up because they want to work with Jack and they want to be part of this project.”
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“And then this Minions movie presented a really great opportunity to go further than, ‘Let’s just put ’70s songs in the movie.’ There was an opportunity to say, ‘Alright, what can we do with these songs, and do they need to be the genuine article or is there an opportunity to do covers, updated interpretations, refreshes of the songs?’” “We were just kind of already in a groove, and always on the prowl for something that we could sink our teeth into together,” Knobloch says about working with the Bleachers frontman. When it came time to curate the movie’s soundtrack, Knobloch tapped Antonoff, pop music’s favorite producer, who had worked with the studio a couple times prior, including recording a Paul Simon cover for The Secret Life of Pets 2 and producing Taylor Swift and Zayn’s Fifty Shades Darker collab “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever.” It was Illumination, remember, that enlisted Tyler, the Creator to helm the soundtrack for the 2018 CGI version of The Grinch-a collaboration that worked shockingly well, especially because it managed not to totally water down Tyler’s style. Mike Knobloch, president of global music at Universal Pictures, credits that feat to the “slightly left-of-center musical identity” he’s helped to build at Illumination, the studio behind the films.
No matter how you feel about the yellow, gibberish-spewing creatures invariably adored by meme-loving Facebook moms, the music in the Minions world has always been on point. Of course, this really shouldn’t come as a shock to those familiar with the Despicable Me cinematic universe. But in the face of that mockery-and against all odds or any shred of common sense-the animated film has managed to deliver the most fun and feel-good album of the summer thus far. Sure, the entire internet ( this site included) roasted Jack Antonoff when he dropped the tracklist in May for the soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru, the fifth installment in the Minions franchise. With all due respect to Lizzo, Calvin Harris, and yes, even Beyoncé, the album of the summer has arrived, and it comes courtesy of the Minions.
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