Australian fans were at least comforted this weekend by the release of Chance The Rapper's long-awaited new "owbum", The Big Day, after his 11th-hour cancellation at Splendour In The Grass, but nothing could have prepared us for one of emo's best voices to be featured on the record.
Just two songs into the 22-track album, fans noticed the familiar voice of Death Cab For Cutie's singer Ben Gibbard voice the chorus of Do You Remember and we are shook.
my face when i heard ben gibbard of @dcfc on that new @chancetherapper pic.twitter.com/MO2VjNwD5s
— Dave Briggs (@iamdavebriggs) July 26, 2019
When I heard Ben Gibbard on a Chance The Rapper track pic.twitter.com/3p2al3S7yd
— Andrew Gaug (@NPNowGaug) July 26, 2019
"Do You Remember?" - Chance the Rapper ft. Ben Gibbard pic.twitter.com/4oJPVVEAeR
— Guilherme "Ghost" Jacobs (@GhostJacobs) July 26, 2019
WTF IS BEN GIBBARD SINGING ON CHANCE? haven't looked at any of the personnel, but IS IT??!?!
— ARKELLS (@arkellsmusic) July 26, 2019
Chance putting Ben Gibbard and Shawn Mendes on #TheBigDay pic.twitter.com/YMXcQBSomF
— A Cruel Angel’s Feet Pics (@DannyVegito) July 26, 2019
Taking to Twitter, Ben himself explained that the band met Chance at Bonnaroo and things happened from there.
It all started with a, well, chance encounter three years ago backstage at Bonnaroo. Turns out that we and @chancetherapper had a bit of a mutual admiration society going on, and we had a very fun hang in our dressing room, in which he revealed a straight-up... pic.twitter.com/zNBh1YeO8y
— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) July 26, 2019
impressive familiarity with some pretty deep Death Cab catalog cuts, and during which the possibility of a collaboration was briefly mentioned.
— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) July 26, 2019
Fast forward to 2019, and we were truly surprised and honored when Chance got back in touch and asked us to be part of a song called "Do You Remember", which appears on his debut record, THE BIG DAY, which is out worldwide as of right now. We couldn't be more thrilled.
— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) July 26, 2019
Thank you, Chance, and congratulations on your big day!
— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) July 26, 2019
None of the featured guests on the album are credited so we've been having to work them out for ourselves, but it's a fantastic list including Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver, Megan Thee Stallion, Gucci Mane, Shawn Mendes and more.
