New: Usher x Diplo – “Climax”

ARIEL USHER DIPLO
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We couldn’t leave you on Valentine’s Day without sharing “Climax,” ’s excellent new -produced single. Diplo tweets: “[I'm] pretty sure in 9 months there are gonna be a lot of new babies that this song is responsible for.” Word. Give a spin below:

As Pitchfork points out, the record was written by Diplo, Redd Stylez and Foreign Born-bassist and Cass McCombs/Glasser producer Ariel Rechtshaid. Look at the man behind Justin Bieber going all left-field on us!

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