Peking Duk have moved one step closer to Paradise with new single “Do Your Best”.
Before they release new album Paradise in August, the Aussie duo have today shared their collaboration with Grammy-nominated Nigerian artist Kah-Lo.
The track was premiered live at Peking Duk’s recent headline show at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, where Kah-Lo made a surprise guest appearance.
“‘Do Your Best’ to me encapsulates Peking Duk in a nutshell,” says Reuben Styles, one half of the duo. “Raucous and high energy madness, whilst just pure good times and fun. Stoked we got to premiere it live with Kah-Lo at our Hordern show in Sydney.”
Kah-Lo adds, “I’m so excited to be working on this with the boys, and pleased I got to put ‘wax on’ in a song! It sounds like excess and creatine. I love it!”
“Do Your Best” follows previous singles “Forever”, another blockbuster collaboration, this time with US dream-pop duo Phantogram, and “Thrills”, featuring Rico Nasty.
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Peking Duk announced Paradise in style on social media.
“After 16 amazing years, Adam [Hyde] and I have made the difficult decision to end this chapter of our lives,” they shared in a statement. “We have cherished every moment of this journey with you. Every sweaty club show and every festival we’ve headlined has truly been a dream come true. But deep down we know it’s time for us to evolve. So we finally made a move we thought we’d never make. WE RECORDED AN ALBUM.”
Paradise represents a new chapter for Peking Duk. Despite racking up more than 400 million streams, 27 platinum certifications, and multiple ARIA Awards — not to mention defining festival sets and national tours — the Canberra duo have never released a full-length album.
“Our debut album Paradise is something new from us,” Styles said. “It’s adventurous both sonically and thematically. It’s got a little more depth… we can’t wait to share it.”
Peking Duk’s “Do Your Best” (ft. Kah-Lo) is out now. Pre-save Paradise here.
