Maroon 5 has teamed up with Lil Wayne for their latest single, “Love Is Like.” The song comes off the band’s new LP of the same name, which drops today.
The group shared a music video for the track directed by Aerin Moreno and set on the streets of New York City on a sunny day. Lil Wayne offers a verse mid-way through the song, performing from inside a smoke-filled limo. To no one’s surprise, frontman Adam Levine manages to be shirtless for at least half of the clip.
Love Is Like marks Maroon 5’s eighth album. The LP features several previously-released tracks, including “Priceless,” their collaboration with Blackpink’s Lisa, and single “All Night.”
“I feel like we’ve gone back to what we used to do, which is to not pay attention to where we fit and producing the music organically,” Adam Levine shared in a statement. “This is kind of how we stuck out in the beginning when we first started our career.”
During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show, Levine reflected on how the band’s writing style has changed at different points in their career. “I’ve kind of gone back to writing and shutting everybody out. But Benny [Blanco] was the first guy that got me to kind of think outside of the band,” he said. Levine and Blanco previously collaborated on songs like “Moves Like Jagger,” “Stereo Hearts,” “Payphone,” and more hits. “He kind of convinced me to write music away from the band. Because I had only kept it in the band before, so we’d never had outside writers on any of that stuff.”
Maroon 5 will embark on a U.S. arena tour in support of the LP. The headlining run will begin on Oct. 6 in Phoenix and extend through Nov. 25 in Detroit. Maroon 5 will make stops in Palm Springs, Seattle, Nashville, Atlanta, New York, Boston, and more. Singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz will provide support across the tour.
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