"2021" is a song by American
indie pop
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band
Vampire Weekend
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. Alongside "
Harmony Hall", it served as the
double A-side lead single for their fourth studio album ''
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'', and was released on January 24, 2019, by
Columbia Records.
"2021" was later re-released on December 22, 2021 as a collaboration 12" single alongside "Talking" by
Haruomi Hosono
, sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop f ...
.
Composition
The "sparse lovelorn ballad" is built around a sample of the ambient track "Talking", composed in the 1980s by
Haruomi Hosono
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for Japanese retail company
Muji
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. It features a soft pulsing synth and fingerpicked guitars, along with a distorted vocal sample of the word "boy" sung by
Jenny Lewis
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Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child a ...
.
Personnel
Credits adapted from
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.
Musicians
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Ezra Koenig
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– vocals, guitar
*
Jenny Lewis
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.
Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child a ...
– additional vocals
*
Ariel Rechtshaid
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Rechtshaid was the lead singer and guitarist of the sk ...
– programming, synthesizer, bass guitar
Engineers
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Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid ( ;) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. His accolades include three Grammy Awards for music production.
Rechtshaid was the lead singer and guitarist of the sk ...
– engineering, mixing
* Chris Kasych – engineering
* John DeBold – engineering
* Ezra Koenig – mixing
* Chris Allgood – assistant engineering
*
Emily Lazar
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– mastering
Charts
References
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2019 singles
2019 songs
Vampire Weekend songs
Songs written by Ezra Koenig
Song recordings produced by Ariel Rechtshaid
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Ariel Rechtshaid