Genius (formerly Rap Genius) is the holy grail for lyrics to your favorite songs. Thanks to a worldwide collective of artists and patient listeners who are willing to share and explain the words to tracks, the rest of us heathens can just head over to the website and finally understand what the hell is being said in “Benny and the Jets“ (and learn what a mohair suit is in the process).
This morning, Ratatat took to Genius to help listeners dive deep into each track of their upcoming album Magnifique. The results are pretty insightful and surprisingly hilarious.
The New York duo is streaming their brand-new LP as part of NPR’s First Listen right now. Press play and read our favorite stories from the annotations below.
“Countach”
“Drift”
“Primetime”
“I Will Return”
Magnifique is out July 17 via XL.
