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The new collaboration between Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore, the artist and lyricist Cliff Damavandi and the singer Johnnie Lee, working as MG x CD + JL. It was inspired by blackbirds appearing at moments of loss and grief – in old mythologies, birds carry whispers between the living and the dead – and it is about the connections that remain with those we have lost. Out on Mute; a limited-edition LP is up for pre-order.
MG x CD + JL: Martin Gore, Cliff Damavandi (lyrics), Johnnie Lee (vocals). Video by Luca Bailey, filmed in Japan and England. Released by Mute, October 20, 2026. Sources: Mute on YouTube. Photograph: a crow on a grave pillar in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Oregon, November 29, 2011, by Mike Krzeszak, CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons.
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- NMU 261020
- artist
- MG x CD + JL
- title
- Cross Whisper
- with
- Martin Gore, Cliff Damavandi, Johnnie Lee
- video
- Luca Bailey
- from
- a new single (2026)
- label
- Mute
- photograph
- Mike Krzeszak, crow in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, 2011. CC BY 2.0.
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- October 20, 2026
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