New wave band Duran Duran has shared their new single “More Joy” from the upcoming album.
The new release features a guest appearance from the Japanese rock band Chai and a contribution from Blur’s guitarist Graham Coxon. “More Joy” is part of the band’s forthcoming 15th studio album “Future Past” out on 22nd October.
Keyboardist Nick Rhodes said in a statement: “The song ‘More Joy’ was born out of a crazy jam with Duran Duran, Graham Coxon, and [producer] Erol Alkan”.
“It was such an unusual piece we weren’t quite sure if it would fit in at first. It reminded me of one of those retro Japanese video games, which I always found quite uplifting. We came up with the chant ‘more joy’ early on, and that became the key to the rest of the track.”

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“We all agreed that it would sound really great with Japanese female voices on it, and that’s when Simon had the inspired idea to ask CHAI if they would possibly collaborate with us. To our joy they agreed, and the result most certainly brought an incredible new energy to the song. They are so special!” he added.
Watch and listen to “More Joy” below.

Meanwhile, the band’s frontman Simon LeBon agreed that the streaming services need to reform their payment models for the new artist to receive a better share.
Many emerging musicians get paid less than a penny per stream, which prevents them from persuading their music career full time.
LeBon said in an interview with NME: “Artists need to get paid properly for music that is streamed, that’s where the money should be coming from“.
“What do artists get? It’s like 0.2 of a penny per stream and that’s not just for artists, a percentage of that will go to the record company as well who then don’t give it to the artists, they’ll give it to the people they consider to be the most successful artists”.
Duran Duran’s new album will feature production from Giorgio Moroder and Mark Ronson and collaborations with Lykke Li. Pre-order “Future Past” here.

Duran Duran will hit the road this year, starting in Scarborough in September and ending in London next year. See full UK Tour Dates below:

17/09/21 – Open Air Theatre – Scarborough
19/09 – Isle Of Wight Festival – Newport
12/06/22 – St Annes Park – Dublin
01/07 – Lytham Festival – Lytham Saint Annes
10/07 – BST Hyde Park – London