Flaming Lips (feat. Erykah Badu, Siri, and Biz Markie) “Now I Understand”

There’s really no reason to be surprised anymore by anything released by the cosmic weirdos The Flaming Lips. The band—joined by Erykah Badu, Siri, and Biz Markie—recorded the track “Now I Understand” with characteristically lush instrumentation . . . only to release it being played backwards. It’s only available to stream for one week, so soak it up you dirty hippies, because soon it will be gone. As the Lips note on the soundcloud page for the track, “Life is beautiful. Music gets you high.”

josh keller

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