Kendrick Lamar drops ‘GNX,’ minute-long teaser song and video

As rumored, Kendrick Lamar appears to have new music on the way, and on Friday morning he dropped a minute-long teaser titled “GNX” that is presumably part of a larger work.

The song features a siren-like drone in the background, while multi-tracked Lamar vocals create a complex, chant-like melody that more closely resembles many of the songs from his latest album, 2022’s “Mr. Morale and the High Steppers” than his blockbuster Drake -dissing track “Not Like Us,” released earlier this year, which topped the Billboard Hot 100. The lyrics are hard to make out, but we’re sure they’ll be posted on Genius .com soon enough.

While Lamar’s music is usually released slowly and deliberately, this year he’s dropped four singles — “6:16 in LA,” “Euphoria,” “Meet the Grahams” and “Not Like Us” — surrounding an unusually aggressive beef with Drake, after the Canadian rapper’s lyrics, which characterized himself, Lamar and J. Cole as equals. The comment seemed to hit Lamar in a way he hadn’t previously in his career, starting with his guest verse with Future and Metro Boomin on “Like That,” which was also a major hit single this year.

He has worked with a variety of producers on these songs, including his longtime collaborator Sounwave as well as Jack Antonoff, Alchemist, Sean Momberger and others.

He also headlined a concert in Los Angeles dubbed “Ken & Friends” in June, where his early mentor, Dr. Dre, join him on stage. The show was divided into three sections, the first a set of West Coast artists under DJ Hed, the second under “Not Like Us” producer Mustard, and the third headlined by Lamar.