Sébastien Tellier is set to release his new album Kiss The Beast this Friday, January 30th, via Because Music. Ahead of the full release, Tellier has shared singles including “Refresh,” “Naïf de Coeur,” and “Thrill of the Night” featuring Slayyyter & Nile Rodgers. Today, he unveils a final preview with “Amnesia,” a collaboration with Kid Cudi.
Blending alternative hip-hop and avant-garde pop, “Amnesia” finds Tellier and Cudi weaving a hypnotic groove with deep basslines and hazy piano, drifting between ethereal rap and a melodic French verse. About the track, Tellier explains, “It is a song in which the boundary between love and dependence becomes blurred… Every moment seems suspended. A feeling of emptiness and confusion fills the mind… I invited Kid Cudi because he has the perfect raw melancholy to express this duality.”
Recorded across Paris and London with contributions from Oscar Holter, SebastiAn, Victor Le Masne, and Daniel Stricker, Kiss The Beast is anchored by Owen Pallett’s strings, Nile Rodgers’ guitar, and appearances from Kid Cudi and Slayyyter. The album is an ambitious, intimate, and universal love letter to pop—where Tellier condenses and transcends his experiences, inviting listeners into his extravagant world.
