LISTEN: Blondie release new single 'Fun' as band announce new album Pollinator

Pollinator, which is out on May 5, has been co-written by the likes of Sia, Dev Hynes and Charli XCX, and features contributions from The Smith's Johnny Marr and Nick Valensi from The Strokes.

The New York band recorded Pollinator in Manhattan's famous recording studio, The Magic Shop, where David Bowie also laid down his last two albums. Pollinator is the last album to be recorded there, after The Magic Shop closed in the wake of rising rents.

The album is produced by John Congleton, known for his work with St. Vincent, War On Drugs and David Byrne, who said of working with Blondie:

"Their agenda was the best agenda: they still love each other, they like playing music, so let's have fun. At the end of the day Blondie doesn't have anything to prove. My agenda was more dogmatic. I didn't wanna make a pastiche lifestyle record or a modern pop record that sounded like Blondie being influenced by what's happening now. I wanted Debbie to sing and sound like a woman who's older. I wanted to know what it's like to be Blondie at this age."

Pollinator will be the 11th studio album from the band, and the latest since Ghosts of Download in 2014.

Listen to 'Fun' here: