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Tame Impala Tease New Single ‘Loser’

Street posters suggest the track will land next week

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Julian Klincewicz

Tame Impala has teased new music, with street posters appearing that suggest the release of a single “Loser” on September 3rd.

The posters feature what appears to be a high school photo of Kevin Parker.

Fans have also spotted that the writer and producer credits for “End of Summer” are listed as “loser” on streaming platforms, adding to speculation about Parker’s next release.

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The teaser arrives just weeks after the release of “End of Summer”, Tame Impala’s first new music since 2020’s The Slow Rush and their debut single for Columbia Records.

That track was announced through a cryptic teaser on the band’s socials, which instructed fans to “Clear 7 minutes of your schedule.” The clip featured a couple embracing in the woods before a stranger rode off on their motorbike, ending with the words: “End of Summer — Friday.”

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It remains unclear whether “End of Summer” or the newly teased “Loser” will lead into a full album. Earlier this month, another social media post captioned “been busy” showed Parker in various recording spaces, DJ sets, and more, closing with a progress chart that hinted at a larger project.

It’s been five years since The Slow Rush, which won five ARIA Awards and earned multiple Grammy nominations.

Outside of the studio, Tame Impala will perform a DJ set at Justice’s upcoming Australian arena shows in December. The French electronic duo, who recently won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Neverender” featuring Parker, have a long creative history with Tame Impala dating back to the Lonerism era.

“We found out about Tame Impala in the late 2000s,” Justice told Rolling Stone AU/NZ recently. “When we were coming to Australia, we used to hang with the people at Modular.” A pre-release copy of “Elephant” landed in their inboxes ahead of Lonerism’s 2012 release, with an offer to remix the track. “Without exaggeration, we were blown away,” they added. “It was such a perfect track that we told the label, ‘Sorry we can’t do this, we’re only going to make it worse.’”