Moses Sumney‘s last release was 2020’s fantastic double-album græ, and while he’s shared a few singles since then, and appeared on Shabaka’s new album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, he’s mostly been keeping busy with pursuits in film and TV (including appearing in The Weekend’s controversial HBO series The Idol). He’s now shared a new single, the souful “Vintage.” You can watch the video, which he directed, below.
“‘Vintage’ is me sliding into the music I probably listen to most these days – progressive R&B,” he says. “I crafted the video as a callback to the 90s/2000s clips of my childhood, when men weren’t afraid to beg and plead. I am once again begging to join the pantheon of great yearners: K-Ci & Jojo, Omarion, Ray J, Jodeci, Jagged Edge. Desire has always been at the core of my work; now the desire has a little shimmering shimmy to it.”
Sumney also stars alongside Mia Goth, Halsey, Kevin Bacon and more in A24’s new horror/mystery MaXXXine, directed by Ti West, which is out on July 5. Watch a new trailer below.