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Michael Stipe Unveils Collaboration With The National’s Aaron Dessner (Watch)

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R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe took to YouTube today (March 29) to premiere what he described as the “first take” of “No Time for Love Like Now,” a new solo ballad written in collaboration with The National’s Aaron Dessner.

In the clip, Stipe sings live over an electronic beat playing from an unseen speaker. Although written last year, lines like “Whatever waiting means in this new place / I am waiting for you” sound particularly relevant amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, during which millions of people around the world are isolated from loved ones.

R.E.M. chose The National as one of the opening acts on its 2008 North American tour, and the band members have remained close ever since. “I started working with Aaron over last summer and

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