Duran Duran is marking their 40th anniversary this year - and they're still going strong.
In fact, the band just released their 15th studio album, Future Past, on Friday, along with the lead single "Anniversary". The album includes collaborations with Blur's Graham Coxon, disco legend Giorgio Moroder, and Japanese punk band CHAI. It's been in the works since 2018 but was put on hold for nearly a year due to the pandemic.
Speaking about the significance of the album’s title, founding member Nick Rhodes reveals, “The title acknowledges our history, but it also points towards where we’re headed now. It’s good to look to the past in order to find things that may work in the future. All forms of art, certainly music, follow a natural path of evolution. The journey has been incredible for us. We’re acknowledging all of the fantastic things out there, but we’re saying, ‘There’s better to come’.”Simon Le Bon adds, “In every second you live, you are creating something that, in the future, will be the past. ‘FUTURE PAST’ is another way of saying, ‘The Present’, and of reminding us to ‘Live in the moment’.
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