{"id":8528,"date":"2026-02-03T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/dua-saleh-bon-iver\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:45:00","slug":"dua-saleh-bon-iver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/dua-saleh-bon-iver\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Saleh Duets With Bon Iver On New Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_5222-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Dua Saleh and Bon Iver&#8217;s Justin Vernon (photo: Yudo Kurita and Graham Tolbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musician\/actor\/Travis Scott collaborator Dua Saleh gets a lift from Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon on several songs pegged for their new album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostly.lnk.to\/dua-saleh-of-earth-and-wires\" target=\"_blank\">Of Earth &amp; Wires<\/a><\/em>, which will be released May 15 on Ghostly International. \u201cFlood\u201d and \u201cGlow\u201d are out now and can be sampled below, while Vernon appears on the yet-to-be-revealed track \u201cKeep Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Of Earth &amp; Wires<\/em> was executive produced by SZA collaborator Billy Lemos and also features contributions from longtime Vernon musical associate Ryan Olson and producer Psymun. Other guests include aja monet on \u201cALL IS LOVE\u201d and Gaidaa on \u201cAnemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/mitski-residency-new-single\/\">Mitski Makes Residency Plans Around New LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/all-things-go-toronto-lineup\/\">Lorde, Kesha, Wet Leg Board All Things Go Toronto<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/american-football-tour\/\">American Football Touring Behind New Album?<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"t_z4UdzxJuA\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese songs came together organically while creating in Minneapolis,\u201d Saleh says of the Bon Iver tracks. \u201cWhat started as a session tied to a Travis Scott track opened into a free-flowing jam with local producers, including Psymun. I sat back with Psymun\u2019s dog, Synth, listening as a beat took shape, while I turned over melodies and words in my head. \u2018Flood\u2019 formed first. Justin freestyled the hook in the moment, and I later wrote to the beat. Watching his cathartic process and hearing the emotion move through his voice pushed me to confront parts of my past I hadn\u2019t fully faced The flood became an allegory for staying afloat rather than drowning in grief, shaped in part by memories of experiencing climate-related flooding while living in Cardiff, Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for \u201cGlow,\u201d Saleh reports that it was derived \u201cfrom that same openness. The session felt unusually fluid. We were all writing together, following instinct. Justin\u2019s enthusiasm, emotional honesty and melodic intuition made everything feel effortless. What stayed with me most was how he continued to show up afterward, excited by the demos, retracking vocals and helping shape arrangements as the songs evolved. I\u2019m deeply grateful for the care he brought into this process, and I hope we find our way back into rooms like that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Los Angeles resident with Sudanese roots, Saleh found themselves reflecting on the war-torn country while writing new material. \u201cI was just kind of ruminating on where I could find my place as an artist amongst the terrain of AI, and I was lonely and overwhelmed,\u201d they say. \u201cI missed my mom and my siblings. I felt like I was losing my accent being there, just questioning the notion of home on many levels. I started weaving an album around the music that we had made together, that we had collaborated on with other producers from Minnesota, where I grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"CEhonZuaJTc\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dua Saleh and Bon Iver&#8217;s Justin Vernon (photo: Yudo Kurita and Graham Tolbert. 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