Drugdealer And Weyes Blood Reunite Once Again For The Lush New Single ‘Real Thing’

Drugdealer And Weyes Blood Reunite Once Again For The Lush New Single ‘Real Thing’

The throwback sounds of Drugdealer and Weyes Blood are a perfect match, so understandably, they have a few collaborations under their belt. The middle section of their Venn diagram got a little bigger today (May 28) with the release of another joint effort, “Real Thing.” In a statement, Drugdealer said of Weyes Blood: “Immediately I realized that it was the perfect thing to show Nat, who I had been wanting to collaborate with again for years. Af…

Weyes Blood has a history of quite exquisite collaborations where it is not very common to hear a loving voice in recordings other than his own authorship. However, one of the lucky ones has always been his friend Michael Collins, better known as Drugdealer. Previously we could hear them together on "Suddenly" and, on this occasion, Collins's project reunited with Natalie Mering to present a new song entitled "Real Thing".

Drugdealer and Weyes Blood Reunite for New Single ‘Real Thing’

Drugdealer and Weyes Blood have reunited for a new single called ‘Real Thing’. The lush, breezy track is accompanied by a music video that Drugdealer’s Michael Collins made with director James Manson. Check it out below. Collins co-wrote ‘Real Thing’ with Max Baby and Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering. “Immediately I realized that it was the perfect thing to show Nat, who I had been wanting to collaborate with again for years,” Collins recalled. “Aft…

Weyes Blood reunites with Drugdealer for new track "Real Thing"

"Musical family" Natalie Mering and Michael Collins – aka Weyes Blood and Drugdealer – have a friendship that dates back over a decade, having first met by chance in Oakland, California. The pair have released two singles together over the years – 2016's "Suddenly" and 2019's "Honey" – and today's release of "Real Thing" makes three.The track began as a demo that Collins laid down with co-writer and producer Max Baby in Paris. As Collins describ…

Drugdealer Shares Weyes Blood Collab "Real Thing," Gets Unconventional Late Night Debut Via Jimmy Fallon

A few weeks ago, Drugdealer, the one-man baroque pop project of one Michael Collins got some unexpected exposure on late-night television. Drugdealer got a big spotlight moment on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, but not because Collins was there to perform in the studio. (Amyl And The Sniffers were actually that night’s performers; The Tonight Show evidently loves acts who reference illicit substances in their names.) Instead, it was because a view…