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PREMIERE: Karin Park Teams up with Pandora Drive for "Hurricane"

True story: this song came about because Park kept hearing her neighbors making music through the walls.

You might recognize Karin Park's sweet yet glacial tones from "Everything"—her collaboration with Maya Jane Coles. Or maybe you know her as the Swedish-born, London-based solo star in her own right. She's got five albums to her name, after all, including this year's Apocalypse Pop (out 3.30). Above is the premiere for "Hurricane," a darkly grooving downtempo track that find her sublimely vocals mirrored by a male vocalist. Turns out the collaboration happened thanks to some poorly insulated, thin London walls.

"Thomas Knights and Nick Sheldon [a.k.a. Pandora Drive] were making music next door almost every night while I stayed in London," explains Park. "One night when I was in my room, I heard their music through the wall and could hear the melody in my head. I walked straight into their room while singing it and Thomas recorded the whole thing on his phone. That's how it started.”

If only all neighborly interaction could be so fruitful.