Legendary disco-funk overlords Chic are back with a new track, “I’ll Be There.”
It’s the first cut off their forthcoming album It’s About Time, which will be their first release in 23 years—their last was 1992’s Chic-ism.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers claims that the album was inspired by tapes full of unfinished early Chic material that he was given in 2010. He described how listening to them made him feel as if he “had gone back in time.”
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For this album, Rodgers explored his own personal challenges over the last few years: “Four years ago I was stricken with very aggressive cancer and I wasn’t sure how much time I had left,” he wrote on his website. “I decided the album’s concept would be about time and I’d feature as many people from the lifespan of Chic that I could on it.”
A video for the song was uploaded to the band’s Facebook and stars Karlie Kloss.
