Release and artwork
In October 2025, Lopatin announced the upcoming release of Tranquilizer on November 17 digitally, and for physical issues on November 21, through Warp Records. [5] New music from him would be released weekly. [6] On October 20, the first three tracks, "For Residue", "Bumpy", and "Lifeworld", were released. On Spotify, the tracks were released as an extended play (EP) named tra. Alongside, a music video for "Lifeworld" was posted. It was directed by Lopatin and Aidan Zamiri, who was a director for Charli XCX's music video for "Guess". [7] [6] On October 27, "Measuring Ruins" was released, with a music video of it directed by Yoshi Sodeoka. [8] "Cherry Blue", the eighth track, and its music video was released on November 3. The music video was directed by Pol Taburet, and – according to Pitchfork – depicts surrealism to show "the gaps between life and death, body and spirit, and decay and renewal". [9] Lopatin will tour throughout Europe from November 7 to 13, in support of Tranquilizer. [3]
The cover art of Tranquilizer is a piece entitled Blue Interval, painted in 1972 by Abner Hershberger. [10] When asked why Lopatin used it for the cover, he said: "I really liked the symmetry of the blades, as if to suggest distinct metronomic time. And then the chaos of what I think of as lime-green grass – or the tilling of the field – underneath it." [11]
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