2021 (song) explained

2021
Cover:Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall.png
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Vampire Weekend
Album:Father of the Bride
A-Side:"Harmony Hall" (double A-side)
Released:January 24, 2019
Length:1:38
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Composer:
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"2021" is a song by American indie pop band Vampire Weekend. Alongside "Harmony Hall", it served as the double A-side lead single for their fourth studio album Father of the Bride, and was released on January 24, 2019, by Columbia Records.[2] "2021" was later re-released on December 22, 2021 as a collaboration 12" single alongside "Talking" by Haruomi Hosono.[3]

Composition

The "sparse lovelorn ballad" is built around a sample of the ambient track "Talking", composed in the 1980s by Haruomi Hosono for Japanese retail company Muji. It features a soft pulsing synth and fingerpicked guitars, along with a distorted vocal sample of the word "boy" sung by Jenny Lewis.[2] [4] [5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Qobuz.[6]

Musicians

Engineers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASCAP Repertory entry for this song . ASCAP. May 10, 2022.
  2. Vampire Weekend Return After Six Years With 'Harmony Hall,' '2021'. Blistein. Jon. January 24, 2019. Rolling Stone. February 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: Watering A Flower. Light In The Attic Records. March 28, 2022.
  4. Web site: Vampire Weekend reveal new album title Father of the Bride, share new songs: Listen. . January 24, 2018 . February 1, 2018. Strauss, Matthew . Bloom, Madison.
  5. Web site: First Spin: Vampire Weekend's '2021' and 'Harmony Hall' were worth the wait . . January 25, 2018 . February 1, 2018 . Tencic, Nat . Nat Tencic.
  6. Web site: Harmony Hall / 2021 Vampire Weekend. Qobuz. February 1, 2019.
  7. Web site: Watering a Flower / 2021 Haruomi Hosono, Vampire Weekend . Oricon. ja. 28 March 2022.