Stormzy Teams Up With Chase & Status For ‘Backbone’: Listen
Stormzy features on Backbone, the new single from electronic duo Chase & Status, listen below.
Backbone has been highly anticipated since Stormzy made a surprise appearance to perform the track with Chase & Status during their recent Ushuaïa Ibiza takeover. It was first debuted live during the band’s Coachella set earlier this year.
“We are so gassed to work with the legend that is Stormzy,” says Chase & Status. “We’ve always wanted to bring his energy into our world and are so excited for the fans to hear this collaboration.”
Back in June, Stormzy revealed to US rapper Vince Staples that he’s working on new material. “Since the last album [2022’s This Is What I Mean’,” Stormzy said, “this has been the first time in my whole career where I’ve just made music without thinking, ‘Oh, I’m making an album’. For the past three albums, and even before that, music was a very clinical thing for me.
“You know when artists say, ‘I gotta go studio and get this off my chest’? I never related to that. I thought: ‘I’m alright – I talk to one of the mandem [laughs].’ Studio, for me, and making music was extremely intentional. It was always very album-focused. For the past two years, I’ve just been creating.”
“I always say it takes a village,” Stormzy went on. “Sometimes that village is one person; sometimes it’s 100 people. I have an amazing village. I always thank God ‘cause my village is very family… I’ve been blessed that the people who are the best at their jobs also ended up being people who I love. I don’t know how to give you the advice to do that. Pray! Pray to God.
“I’m a pleasure to work with a nightmare to work with at the same time. I’m both things. I think a lot of creatives are.”