IDLES drop new POP POP POP remix featuring Danny Brown

IDLES have shared a brand-new POP POP POP remix featuring Danny Brown.

The Bristol punks joined forces with the Detroit rap icon over the summer during their Other Stage headline set at Glastonbury, and have now made the updated TANGK track available on streaming services.

Speaking to Kerrang! earlier this year about the record and specifically POP POP POP, IDLES frontman Joe Talbot explained: “That title’s based on Mica Levi's MySpace handle, when they were Micachu And The Shapes, and they described their music as ‘pop pop pop’. I thought that was sick because it’s very violent sounding, kind of grimy music, but with pop melodies. That’s always stuck in my head for some reason.

“This was a beat I had in mind for my ’80s pop music. I sent the boys a bunch of references and said, ‘This is a beat I want to use,’ so I got John to play it at Nigel's studio, and then I got on the bass and start playing this bassline. But it was on a hollow body bass, and it started feeding back. We were like, ‘Fucking stick it in!’ It was written in 10 minutes, and then we took that to France.

“It’s a song about the beauty of having a kid and understanding how lucky you are to have a kid. And there’s a sense of a cycle when you have a child, when you’ve lost a parent and a child. I have a very huge sense of gratitude and weight behind being a parent because of what I’ve lost. I’m not saying I’m a better parent, or more connected because of that. But for me, I’m more connected than I would have been, I think, because of what I’ve lost. I’ve learned a sense of just joy from seeing her joy. And I think that’s amazing. And powerful. And I’m very grateful.”

Listen to POP POP POP featuring Danny Brown below:

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August 2025

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