Arca has shared a new 62-minute single called “@@@@@.” It’s her first official new music since 2017’s self-titled LP. In a statement about “@@@@@,” which premiered via her NTS Radio collaboration DIVA EXPERIMENTAL FM, Arca said:
“@@@@@” is a transmission broadcasted into this world from a
speculative fictional universe in which the fundamentally analogue
format of FM pirate radio remains one of few means to escape
authoritarian surveillance powered by a hostage sentience gestated by
a post-singularity AI. The host of the show, known as DIVA
EXPERIMENTAL lives across multiple bodies in space in virtue of her
persecution- in order to kill her, one would first have to find all of
her bodies. The bodies that host her carry fetishes for
paralinguistics, breaking the fourth wall and nurturing a mutant faith
in love in the face of fear.
Along with the new music, Arca has announced a North American tour. Check out her schedule below and get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)
Last year, after performing the four-part live performance cycle Mutant;Faith, Arca debuted an AI soundtrack for the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In addition, earlier this week, she soundtracked Burberry’s AW20 womenswear fashion show in London, joined by the French pianist sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque. Watch that below, too.
Read “Arca’s New York Residency Is a Chaotic Deconstruction of the Pop Diva” on the Pitch.
Arca:
04-04 The Hague, Netherlands – Rewire Festival
04-25 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
04-27 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
04-28 Boston, MA, – Royale
05-01 Toronto, Ontario – The Phoenix Concert Theatre
05-02 Philadelphia, PA – The Ave
05-07 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
05-08 Chicago, IL – Metro
05-10 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
05-12 Seattle, WA – The Neptune Theatre
05-14 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
05-15 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
06-18 Barcelona, Spain – Sonar by Night