dark days

"Dark Days" is a collaboration between Moby and LA jazz-singer Lady Blackbird. It incorporates elements reminiscent of Moby's earlier work from the Play and 18 eras, but with a fresh, futuristic twist, layered with electronic wizardry that feels like it's been beamed in from a distant planet.

Lady Blackbird lends her deep, soulful vocal stylings to this track, exploring themes that range from pondering the meaning of life to considering how many future days we actually have left on this spinning rock. The song has an eerie, almost prophetic feel to it. "Moby's originality is so freeing," Lady Blackbird said. "We felt the moonlit darkness of the track evoked a feeling of the beginning and ending of future days on Earth."

Moby has been wanting to work with Lady Blackbird for several years. When he sent the music for "Dark Days" to the singer and her producer, Chris Seefried, he got back her vocals and lyrics within a week. Moby admitted to The Sun that he was "almost intimidated" by how perfectly she nailed it, confessing that he "can't write or record vocals that perfectly."