Filthy Music Videos

Father John Misty Responds To Kendrick Lamar Catalog Synchronicity With “God’s Trash”

Posted by
image

On Friday (Nov. 22), Kendrick Lamar surprise-dropped the new album GNX. It also happened to be release day for Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana, and many are discussing the similarities of the two musicians’ LP schedules over the years.

A user on X tweeted at FJM, “i’m so sorry that you happened to drop on the worst possible day to drop a new album,” to which Josh Tillman replied, “it’s okay only other times it’s happened was 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2022.” The rap great and the indie polymath both released records in those years. FJM left out that in 2018 Lamar unveiled Black Panther: The Album while he unleashed God’s Favorite Customer and that, on the same day in 2010, K. Dot dropped his Overly Dedicated mixtape while Tillman released Singing Ax (his last album as J. Tillman). Misty reacted to the revelation by posting the new song “God’s Trash” to Instagram; he’s played it live throughout the fall but it’s not on Mahashmashana. The cover, featuring Misty’s “cooked Softstars,” is a playful allusion to Lamar’s “Watch The Party Die” artwork.

On the bright side, FJM got some love from Cher, who tweeted praise for his 2017 tune “Real Love Baby.” Check out “God’s Trash” below.