R. Kelly has recorded a remix of "Trying to Be Cool," a single from Phoenix's fifth studio album, Bankrupt!, and the track has been released.
Earlier this week Kellz tweeted: "Got something special coming for ya'll this week. Stay tuned. #ImJustTryingToBeCool."
Phoenix, meanwhile, previewed some of the lyrics on Twitter: "I'm gonna roll to the club, I'm gonna holla at the honeyzzz."
"We are big fans and we asked him in a very simple way and explained what we had in mind and he just said yes," guitarist Laurent Brancowitz told Rdio.com, adding that the band listens to Kelly to get pumped up before shows.
Phoenix and R. Kelly teamed up to perform a mash-up of his track "Ignition" and their single "1901" at Coachella in April.
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