The Long Version (Because Thundercat Deserves It)
After six long years of letting the world unravel without a proper funk bass safety net, Thundercat is officially back. His new album, Distracted, drops April 3 via Brainfeeder Records, and it looks like a beautifully unhinged therapy session set to slap bass and existential dread.
If you’re keeping score, Thundercat is no stranger to accolades. He’s a Grammy winner (including Best Progressive R&B Album for It Is What It Is), a frequent collaborator with the greats, and a quiet architect behind some of the most influential modern records of the last decade. The man has played with Kendrick Lamar, shaped the sound of contemporary funk-soul, and somehow made emotional collapse sound smooth as hell.
The lead single, “I Did This To Myself” featuring Lil Yachty, sets the tone immediately: self-aware, self-critical, and self-sabotaging—in other words, painfully relatable. And yes, Lil Yachty fits surprisingly well here, which is either genius casting or proof that genre boundaries are officially dead.
The album lineup reads like a music nerd’s dream journal:
- Tame Impala (and yes, Thundercat + Tame Impala is still elite—no notes)
- A posthumous collaboration with Mac Miller that’s guaranteed to hit harder than expected
- Guest spots from A$AP Rocky, Channel Tres, Willow
- Production muscle from Flying Lotus, Kenny Beats, and The Lemon Twigs
Distracted continues the emotional thread Thundercat began with It Is What It Is, an album shaped heavily by grief and loss. Only now, that grief has evolved—mutated into something broader and more chaotic. As Thundercat himself puts it: if it’s not heartbreak, it’s taxes. If it’s not taxes, it’s World War III. And if it’s none of that, it’s your phone demanding another update. Honestly? Poetic.
Track titles like “A.D.D. Through The Roof”, “Anakin Learns His Fate”, and “You Left Without Saying Goodbye” suggest this album lives comfortably in the space between humor, pain, and cosmic-level overthinking. Which is pretty much the Thundercat brand at this point.
And yes—personally speaking—the Thundercat x Tame Impala mashups already live rent-free in our heads. But this new era? With Lil Yachty involved and the feature list stacked like a festival lineup? Yeah, this one’s looking dangerous in the best way.
Tracklist:
Distracted
01 Candlelight
02 No More Lies (ft. Tame Impala)
03 She Knows Too Much (ft. Mac Miller)
04 I Did This To Myself (ft. Lil Yachty)
05 Funny Friends (ft. A$AP Rocky)
06 What Is Left To Say
07 I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time
08 Anakin Learns His Fate
09 Walking On The Moon
10 This Thing We Call Love (ft. Channel Tres)
11 ThunderWave (ft. Willow)
12 Pozole
13 A.D.D. Through The Roof
14 Great Americans
15 You Left Without Saying Goodbye
One More Thing 👀
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Because being distracted is fine—but missing a great show is not.
