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Lorde Joins Marlon Williams for Māori Language Single, ‘Kāhore He Manu E’

Marlon Williams' new album is sung entirely in te reo Māori, and he's recruited his close friend Lorde for the latest single.

“Through the process of constructing these songs, I’ve found a means of expressing my joys, sorrows and humour in a way that feels both distinctly new, yet also connects me to my tīpuna (ancestors) and my whenua (land, home),” Williams explained. Marlon is an undercover perfectionist, and he was never going to embark on this journey without turning over every stone, crafting complex waiata (songs) that speak to the past while also braiding in his characteristic humour and X-ray vision. Williams has also dabbled in acting alongside his musician career, arguably becoming best known to U.S. audiences when he appeared in Bradley Cooper’s 2018 A Star is Born as himself, and as Johnny Abbot in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth.

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