New Music: Kanye West, Daft Punk, La Roux

Child Rebel Soldier (Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Lupe Fiasco): 'Don't Stop!'
For the latest installment of Kanye's G.O.O.D. Friday, the rapper reunited with his Child Rebel Soldier mates Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco for their first new song since 2007's Thom Yorke-sampling single "Us Placers," and their first track together since N.E.R.D.'s "Everybody Nose" remix in 2008. [Kanye West]

La Roux feat. Kanye West: 'In For the Kill (Remix)'
Earlier this summer, Kanye West said he was listening to UK dance duo La Roux's "Bulletproof" on repeat. Now Kanye has lent a fresh verse to the remix of La Roux's "In For the Kill." La Roux and Kanye, who teamed for an as-yet-unreleased song on West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, will also release a video for the remix. [EW's The Music Mix]

Daft Punk: 'The Game Has Changed' (From 'Tron: Legacy')
Daft Punk's much-anticipated soundtrack for Tron: Legacy was pushed back two weeks, to December 7th, but Disney has unveiled another new track from the French duo's score: the propulsive "The Game Has Changed." [Tron: Legacy Facebook]

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Song Stories

“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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