Win Butler discusses new Arcade Fire song with Zane Lowe

Following the surprise release of a new single last night, Win Butler’s Arcade Fire went on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show to talk about the single.

Talking about the vision for the collaborative single with US gospel singer Mavis Staples, Butler told Beats 1, “It’s the eve of the inauguration and I think it’s easy to get sucked into sitting on the couch and checking your news feed and watching things on CNN, and we’re just musicians and the only thing we have to offer is our music.”

He also described Staples as one of his “favourite people on Earth”.

When grilled about the future of the band, Butler remained elusive, “The future is unwritten.”

Listen to the interview in full below and catch up on the band’s new single.