Phoenix might be collaborating with R Kelly

In an interview with Radio.com at Lollapalooza, Phoenix teased that they might be recording with R Kelly, following the two acts’ onstage collaboration at Coachella.

Of the collaboration, guitarist Laurent Brancowitz said: “We are big fans and we asked him in a very simple way and explained what we had in mind and he just said yes.”

“The idea came to us one week before the show, very late,” guitarist Christian Mazzalai added. “Before going onstage we always put on R. Kelly’s music, which is very far from our music, but we love his art. So we created a mash-up between our music and his music. We sent it to him and he said yes. The funny part is he arrived late so we didn’t see him before. We met him onstage. We didn’t rehearse so there was a beautiful tension.”

When asked about the possibility of the band recording with R Kelly, Mazzalai said: “Yeah, maybe. Maybe . Maybe. Maybe soon you will know. Maybe.”

[via Pitchfork]