{"id":1955885,"date":"2025-08-12T13:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955885"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:13:35","slug":"listen-to-glass-animals-wavy-new-single-vampire-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-to-glass-animals-wavy-new-single-vampire-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Glass Animals&#8217; wavy new single &#8216;Vampire Bat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/glass-animals\">Glass Animals<\/a> have shared the wavy new single \u2018Vampire Bat\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The track marks the fifth instalment in their Fresh Fruit series, a constantly evolving project that allows frontman Dave Bayley and the band to experiment with new music and collaborators outside the focus of their core album work.<\/p>\n<p>Previous Fresh Fruit releases have so far included \u2018Gold Lime\u2019, \u2018Lose Control\u2019 with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/joey-bada\">Joey Bada$$<\/a>, \u2018Tokyo Drifting\u2019 with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/denzel-curry\">Denzel Curry<\/a> and \u2018I Don\u2019t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)\u2019 with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/albert-hammond-jr\">Albert Hammond Jr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Vampire Bat\u2019 sees Bayley and co. teaming up with producer Rob Bisel (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sza\">SZA<\/a>) on the genre-blending earworm, which many fans have already noted seems to call back to the hip-hop bounce heard on \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/glass-animals-dreamland-album-review-2721497\">Dreamland<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>Many have been left puzzled by the cryptic lyrics \u2013 \u201c<em>All in my face, Don Quixote, hee-haw \/ Spank the monkey, more bananas than Diddy Kong \/ Shattered like a melon thrown from the Eiffel Tower\u201d \u2013 <\/em>and have spotted references to previous Fresh Fruit tracks littered throughout the song.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glass Animals - Vampire Bat (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4hyhP-Dguw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In other news about the band, they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/glass-animals-announce-2025-tour-of-earth-north-american-dates-3847328\">announced an extension of their \u2018Tour Of Earth\u2019 live shows earlier this year<\/a>, with a batch of extra North American shows to continue this month.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/glass-animals-announce-2024-tour-of-the-earth-dates-buy-tickets-3613347\">The tour began last August<\/a>\u00a0in support of their fourth studio album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/glass-animals-share-anthemic-creatures-in-heaven-and-announce-new-album-i-love-you-so-fing-much-3612891\">I Love You So F***ing Much<\/a>\u2019, which was released in April that year. They originally played strings of shows in the US, the UK and Europe, with support from artists including\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-big-moon\">The Big Moon<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kevin-abstract\">Kevin Abstract<\/a> and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/blondshell\">Blondshell<\/a>. Visit\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/glass-animals-tickets\/artist\/1916866?irgwc=1&amp;clickid=Vw0yvazZMxycRLTTaRRNpVXsUksVFBTlGVUhSs0&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;impradid=2862475&amp;REFERRAL_ID=tmfeedbuyat2862475&amp;wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_2862475&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;impradname=NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;ircid=4272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for remaining tickets.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Glass Animals will play:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>AUGUST\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 Troutdale, OR \u2013 McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater*#\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013 Nampa, ID \u2013 Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater=\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>16 \u2013 Bend, OR \u2013 Hayden Homes Amphitheater=\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Stateline, NV \u2013 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys*=\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>^Festival Date<\/strong><br \/><strong>*Non-Live Nation Date<\/strong><br \/><strong>+With SOFIA ISELLA<\/strong><br \/><strong>=With Orla Gartland<\/strong><br \/><strong>#Support TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glass Animals talk \u2018Take A Slice\u2019 resurgence, working with Florence Welch, and new music\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DP4inRFySSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It follows the band<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-glass-animals-new-take-a-slice-video-that-changes-every-time-3870436\"> sharing a new video for \u2018Take A Slice\u2019, which changes with each watch<\/a>.\u00a0The track featured on their 2016 album \u2018How To Be A Human Being\u2019, and has had a renaissance on social media in recent months \u2013 pulling in roughly two million daily views on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/tiktok\">TikTok<\/a> back in June.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Bayley spoke to <em>NME<\/em> at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/mad-cool-festival\">Mad Cool Festival<\/a> about the surprise resurgence of the track, and said it felt like \u201ca flashback to the past\u201d, and the fan demand for it means they now play in every set.<\/p>\n<p>He also touched on when we might hear some new music, saying Glass Animals being on the road made it harder to work on. \u201cWe happened to have a one month break in touring, and I was so excited to get back to the studio, I just vomited music all over the place and I\u2019ve got a couple bits that are nearly done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that some fans had stumbled across them on the internet after he lost a USB stick with new music on it. \u201cSomeone found it,\u201d Bayley said, \u201cand they snuck one of the bits out, so we just played into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the conversation, he hinted at a collaboration with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/florence-and-the-machine\">Florence + The Machine<\/a>, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/glass-animals-dave-bayley-florence-welch-my-love-interview-3298908\">Glass Animals worked with in 2022<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/florence-the-machine-signal-return-in-bloodcurdling-new-teaser-video-3884080\">appeared to hint at their imminent return earlier this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While he couldn\u2019t reveal too much at the time, he shared that working with her was \u201cone of the coolest things\u201d he\u2019d ever done. \u201cShe\u2019s a force of nature,\u201d Bayley said. \u201cWhat an amazing songwriter, I\u2019ve learned so much from her \u2013 and I can\u2019t say anymore!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass Animals have shared the wavy new single \u2018Vampire Bat\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. 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