The collaboration we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived, with Jack White teaming up with Jack Black on the latest Tenacious D single.
Back in June, the music universe nearly imploded when it was revealed that there was now photographic evidence that Jack White and Jack Black had met each other in person.
While there had been stories of the pair crossing paths at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, and even Jack Black introducing a White Stripes show, footage of these incidents was quite lacking.
Taking to Instagram, the official Tenacious D account shared an image of Kyle Gass and Jack Black meeting Jack White at London’s Heathrow Airport, leading to questions about a potential collaboration (likely titled Jack Grey).
Thankfully, Black later revealed they had indeed recorded a song with White, announcing its release last month as part of Record Store Day Black Friday, which took place last week.
Now, fans have had a chance to hear what this long-awaited collaboration finally sounds like.
Released on a single-sided 7″ vinyl record, ‘Don’t Blow It, Kage’ is a two-minute affair that seems Jack White joining the hilarious pair as Jack Black urges Kyle Gass not to blow their chance to impress the music icon.
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“Jack White invited us to party, he wanted us to kick out the jams,” the lyrics state. “That sucked, you did not fucking party, you did not fucking kick out the jams. Jack White is drinking a Bacardi.”
Check out ‘Don’t Blow It, Kage’ by Tenacious D:
However, despite claims that Gass played both the best and “worst shit [he’s] ever fucking played“, their efforts seem to impress White, who joins in for a spoken word section, asking Gass if he wants to start a band with him.
Speaking to a US radio station recently, Jack Black explained how the collaboration came to be.
“It was just a fortuitous coincidence that we were coming to Nashville, where Jack White HQ is, he lives there and he’s got his rad studio there,” Black explained. “And he said, ‘hey, I heard you guys are coming to my town. Do you want to come and just record a quick jam?’”
“He’s got this setup where you can record direct to vinyl, and we’re, like, ‘Yeah, we got to write a song for that, we can’t just play one of our oldies. We’ll write something up.’
“And then he was, like, ‘Hey, you want to take it a step further and come to my house and record in my home studio?’ We’ll do a level up above just recording direct to vinyl, we’ll, like, do it for real.”
While limited edition versions of the record were available through the Third Man Records Vault, plain black versions are still available through White’s label.
Check out ‘Over And Over And Over’ by Jack White:
