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André 3000's latest album, New Blue Sun, it wasn't exactly filled with rhymes and bars as much as it was with notes and sounds. While his days were frustrated by his new choice of art, the man himself is more than happy with the new path he's chosen to take.
In a recent appearance at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the OG ATLien explained to the late night host how his love for the flute came about and why he decided to take his new hobby to the next level and make an entire album out of it. “I discovered the flute and started playing it over and over again for years,” André 3000 told Colbert. “And I felt like it would be great to share, so it came naturally.”
After Colbert interjected that he liked the flute because he felt it sounded like a human voice, Andre agreed, saying, “Yes! That's why I love it. It's the closest thing to singing… Like, vibrato is basically a human thing… And you're actually hearing the wind of a human. So in other instruments you don't hear it.”
Well, if Kenny G can make a living off flute albums, why can't André 3000? The man said he has a pretty steep collection of flutes, so you can expect a lot more flute songs in the future, no matter how you feel.
After the interview, 3 Stacks took the stage to perform “That Night in Hawaii When I Turned into a Panther…” and showed everyone that he is just as talented with a flute in hand as he is with a microphone. And we're not crazy about the house.
Watch the interview and performance below. Let us know if you like this side of André 3000 or if he should return to rapping in the comments section below.
