A couple months ago, the ever-bizarre South African rap duo Die Antwoord released a mixtape titled SUCK ON THIS, which we decided was at the very least a fun advertisement for their upcoming full-length record, We Have Candy. Now, there’s more news about the group’s fourth studio album: It’s now called Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid, and it’s coming out on September 16 (via Entertainment Weekly).
If the changing album titles weren’t enough of an indication, the duo has stated on Instagram that the release has taken on many forms since work on it began “around 2 years ago.” Apparently, it was once titled RATS RULE, and at that point, “the mood of the tracks we started banging out was rough and tough and mischievous and wild and hard and dark.”
At another point, the album became We Have Candy, but naturally, the album changed tone again, and became “so epic and sometimes vulnerable and sometimes sweet and romantic and so brave and full of mystery and win, like when you going through hell, and the mission feels impossible, but you not allowed to fail, and all you can do is keep your chin up and keep going, then when you least expect it you emerge from this dark never-ending hole, and… you made it!”
And that’s how we’ve come to Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid, which features guest appearances from Jack Black, with whom Die Antwoord has worked in the past. It’s available for pre-order here. Along with the album announcement also came an electro-influenced new single titled “Banana Brain,” which you can check out below.