Big Boi and Phantogram Tease Forthcoming 'Big Grams' EP With "Lights On"

The collaborative EP between Big Boi and Phantogram, teased during a performance in LA this summer, drops later this month.

With the universe still reeling from Big Boi's recent command that devoted ATLiens should "stay tuned" for news on a possible OutKast biopic, the hype surrounding his upcoming collaborative EP with electro-rock duo Phantogram has reached new heights. Known collectively as Big Grams, the trio teased the EP this summer during a performance at the first annual Epic Fest in Los Angeles.

After sharing their debut single "Fell in the Sun" last week, Big Grams is back for the digital slam dunk with the decidedly mood-driven "Lights On." The track is noticeably reminiscent of "Objectum Sexuality," one of Big Boi's previous collaborations with Phantogram that appeared on his 2012 solo album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.

The EP will feature surely golden appearances from Skrillex and Run the Jewels, adding some interesting muscle to the seven-track collection. In a recent interview with Pitchfork, Big Boi described exactly how he initially stumbled upon Phantogram, perhaps inspiring artists everywhere to rethink just how quickly they ignore pop-up ads:

I stumbled upon Phantogram through a pop-up ad on my computer. I was closing out screens and then a pop-up ad came up and it had their song “Mouthful of Diamonds” on it. I Shazamed it and bought it on iTunes, and ended up putting it on my BigBoi.com website as the jam of the week. I guess they caught wind of it and reached out to me. We began a conversation, and they sent me vinyl of their first record. We began to talk then, and was supposed to catch up with them then when I was doing Governors Ball [in New York City] but we kind of just talked on the phone. Then, we crossed paths at Outside Lands Festival out of San Francisco and we hit it off real cool. I invited them back to Stankonia [Studios] and we just started making magical music.

Big Grams drops on September 25 via Epic.

 

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