have been teasing that the top secret special guest on their new album might “shock a lot of people”. Now the secret is out, and it’s none other than Chaka Khan. The 10-time Grammy winning superstar behind such hits as 70s funk smash Ain’t Nobody and the Prince-penned early 80s pop-dance colossus I Feel for You adds her trademark uplifting vocals to Tekken 2, a joyously funky track on the band’s sixth album, My Big Day. “It was incredible when she said yes,” says singer Jack Steadman.
“We’re these spotty nerdy kids playing video games,” he chuckles. “Then it cuts to Chaka, this beautiful magical spirit in the glorious California outdoors.”Rather than collaborate remotely, Steadman jumped on a plane to LA to record Khan’s vocals in person, in one of her favourite studios near her home. “I have this funny memory of walking in and the mixing desk was the size of an entire house,” he remembers.
Steadman has never had such horrific experiences, but does remember stage invasions in which the audience ruined their equipment. “Then you’d get back to the dressing room and your stuff’s all been stolen.” Having signed a record deal at just 16, he now realises his band were vulnerable in other ways. “We’re very lucky that we’ve had the same manager the whole time. He really guided us through that experience and we couldn’t have done it without him.
Steadman frets about how younger generations have grown up with so much of their lives on show. “It’s become normal to get everything out there.”
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