Flume and MAY-A (Photo credit: Nick Green)
PicasaThe Flume ride begins.
Australia’s electronic music savant returns with “Say Nothing” featuring MAY-A, the lead single from his forthcoming third album Palaces, due out May 20 via Future Classic.
In what could be an allegory of turbo-charged things to come, Flume’s official video and artwork for “Say Nothing” sees the producer sporting bleach-blonde hair, and posing with MAY-A on motorbikes. If you didn’t know better, you’d think he was ready to be shot out of a cannon.
The song, he explains in a statement, “is about feelings of post relationship clarity. We wrote the song midway through 2020 while the pandemic was still pretty new. I was really excited about the initial idea but it was only once I got back to Australia in early 2021 and linked up in the studio with MAY-A that the song really came to life.”
Flume gives his Aussie collaborator center stage in a production that creates a lot of room to breathe, and shifts clear of his future bass origins. The fractured snare that sits behind the mix is the only real giveaway of who’s tweaking the knobs.
“Say Nothing” and its forthcoming parent are the first cuts of new music from Flume since his 2019 EPs Quits and Hi This Is Flume, the latter nudging the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA chart.
Sydneysider MAY-A is one of several international guests lined-up for the new 13-track effort, including, including Gorillaz and Blur frontman Damon Albarn, LAUREL, Caroline Polachek, Vergen Maria, Oklou, and fellow Australians Emma Louise and long-term Flume fave Kučka, triple j reports.
“There’s a whole spectrum of stuff, from more pop-leaning to weird stuff,” he told the broadcaster.
Flume’s most recent full-length LP was 2016’s Skin, which topped the ARIA Albums Chart, landed at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
The 30-year-old’s bulging trophy cabinet includes multiple ARIA and APRA Awards and, in a moment that saw him rise to the top of the pack, he snagged top spot for Triple J’s 2016 Hottest 100 poll with “Never Be like You” featuring Kai.
Flume (real name Harley Streten) will stage his return to festival-land later in the year with performances at Coachella, Bonnaroo and Governors Ball.
Watch the “Say Nothing” clip below.
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Live from London, it is Saturday Night Live.
The legendary sketch comedy institution officially launched its UK edition on March 21 with Saturday Night Live UK, featuring former SNL cast member Tina Fey as host and British indie rock group Wet Leg as the episode’s musical guest.
This global expansion of Lorne Michaels’ famous NBC program began with Fey’s opening monologue, which included unexpected cameos from Michael Cera and UK television personality Graham Norton.
“It’s an absolute honour and kind of historic,” Fey told the crowd. “Guys, I am the youngest person to ever host SNL UK!”
During the broadcast, Wet Leg delivered performances of two songs taken from their second album Moisturizer, which opened at Number 6 on Billboard’s Top Rock and Alternative Albums chart and also climbed to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in the United Kingdom.
The band first appeared performing the record’s fourth single “Mangetout,” a Grammy nominated song that also earned a place on Billboard’s list of the 20 best UK and Ireland songs of 2025. Later in the show they returned to play the album’s lead single “Catch These Fists.”
After their appearance on SNL UK, Wet Leg will travel back to the United States for a series of major festival dates including Coachella, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. Their US tour is scheduled to begin April 15 at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California.
Upcoming episodes of SNL UK have also been confirmed. Wolf Alice will serve as musical guest on the March 28 episode hosted by Jamie Dornan, while Kasabian will perform on the April 2 show with Riz Ahmed as host.
The show is broadcast on Sky in the United Kingdom and is available to stream on Peacock in the United States. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first episode attracted more than 220,000 viewers on Sky. It was released in the US on March 22 via Peacock.
You can watch Wet Leg’s SNL UK performances below.
