Loser

But really the impact for these two artists came in August.

Uh, Loser by Tame Impala was featured in a scene in the movie, and Oh Yeah by Steve Lacy is, plays over the credits.

But both exploded kind of very similar.

Like, they rose kind of together up the charts.

Um, and it felt like very good timing for both.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, Loser by Tame Impala starts to blow up right as Dracula peaks at radio, or at least got to number one on, on pop radio.

And, you know, a year ago-

I'm only saying that because Tame Impala's new single is charting within the top five.

What's the new one? It's almost like, what is it called? Loser.

I hate you.

What is the name of the song? I know.

It's called Loser? Is it? I don't know.

I was like, that was me.

I was

like, who

Kevin was so open about his music-making process and has a real attention to detail.

I should mention that in this episode you'll only hear two of the tracks that we spoke about, My Old Ways and Loser.

There will be a breakdown of a third track, but that's going to have to be something to sink your teeth into later in the year.

The full video episode is available to watch on the Tape Notes Patreon page, where you can look into Kevin's Ableton sessions.

By the time his Grammy-nominated second album Lonerism appeared in 2012, Tame Impala had become a huge critical and commercial success.

While releasing the albums Currents in 2015 and The Slow Rush in 2020, Kevin has also shared his talents as a performer and as a producer with artists including Justice, Gorillaz, Thundercat, and Dua Lipa.

The fifth Tame Impala album, Dead Beat, arrived in October 2025 with the singles Dracula and Loser becoming worldwide hits.

Today, I'm at home in Morden South London, and I'm joined by Kevin from his LA studio.

This one might piss some people off, but I also just, I didn't like it.

18, Loser, Tame Impala.

I don't really like Tame Impala's voice.

I don't like his voice.

Also, sorry, Been By Now by Morgan Wallen is number four on the charts.

Yeah.

And then Loser by Tame Impala is 18 on the chart.

So...