Underscores isn’t the only musician thinking about U. Baauer’s first release in six years is also titled U, and it’s out June 10 on LuckyMe. You can listen to its first single, “Better”—which is packed with approximately four minutes of dopamine-boosting Eurodisco—below.
Featuring collaborators Aluna, Kučka, Brazy, and Betsy, as well as Eli Teplin on piano, U is inspired by the BBC Essential Mixes Baauer listened to as a youth in London. The 16-track album courses through dance music that defined the early aughts, such as Ibiza house, bloghouse, and nu-disco. In short, Baauer aimed to fill U with “super happy music,” as he explained in a statement.
U is Baauer’s first album since the release of 2020’s Planet’s Mad.
Revisit Pitchfork’s review of Planet’s Mad.
U:
01 Do U Wanna Get Down?
02 Kno U
03 Way U Do It
04 Supersonic
05 Kiss on the Lips feat. Brazy
06 One Last Time feat. Aluna & Brazy
07 Calling Out For U
08 U Give Me Love
09 Closer Together
10 Gravity / Chaos Flow
11 Meldy (Want U So Bad)
12 Better
13 Nothing’s Ever Real (U Mix)
14 Somebody
15 U Know It’s Real
16 Follow U