Flaming Lips Feat. Erykah Badu "Western Esotericism"

After releasing and taking the video down a few times over the last two days, The Flaming Lips finally premier the music video for their collaboration with Erykah Badu, a cover of the standard The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, which appears on the collab-heavy release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends to be released June 26 on Warner Brother Records. The clip was directed by George Salisbury and features a naked Nayrok Badu, Erykah's sister, covered in glitter and a plethora of other liquids.

The Flaming Lips – Now I Understand

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As the Flaming Lips get closer to releasing their new album, entitled The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends,  a limited edition vinyl record which features an the likes of Bon Iver, Erykah Badu, Neon Indian, Nick Cave and Ke$ha, which is set for an April 21st release, they release a bonus track called Now I Understand which takes samples from the Iphone and Siri, and a vocal track by Erykah Badu.