Cavetown and Frankie Cosmos join forces on new single, "magic 8 ball"

"magic 8 ball" follows Cavetown’s May release, little vice (Acoustic) that expanded upon his acclaimed little vice EP earlier this year. Since releasing his fifth studio album worm food in 2022, Cavetown has released a number of collaborative singles with artists including Mother Mother, illuminati hotties, mxmtoon, Field Medic, and more.

“I made a demo called ‘magic 8 ball’ around 7 or 8 years ago, and it never went anywhere. I sent it to Robbie recently and he expanded on it and made it into this awesome pop song! It’s so different now, only the beginning and the end of my original demo made it into this song,” shares Frankie Cosmos of the duo's collaboration.

“I had the pleasure of listening to some of Frankie Cosmos' old demos to take inspiration from for our song together!! I was drawn especially to the imagery in her lyrics for ‘magic 8 ball’ - something about the blue triangle hit a nostalgic nerve for me which is a feeling I love to evoke in my music. So I decided to run with it and figure out some more metaphors for the feeling of searching for answers in a world which one can't really control,” adds Cavetown.

“I feel so thankful that she trusted me with transforming her original idea so dramatically. It was really fun to follow where my mind took me from the first verse, and also an interesting challenge trying to maintain the integrity of her initial idea. We ended up with a pop song sandwiched between two of my favourite sections from the demo. I've always adored Frankie's voice and her intimate and creative lyrics, and I love the way our brains and sounds came together for this song.”