Death Cab For Cutie Explain How Their Chance The Rapper Feature Came To Be

After much anticipation (and delays) Chance The Rapper finally released his debut album The Big Day on Friday (July 26). The 22-track project includes a whole bunch of surprising features, but one of the most unexpected was Death Cab For Cutie's contribution to the track "Do You Remember."

Thankfully, the indie band took to Instagram to explain just how the collaboration came to be.

"It all started with a, well, chance encounter three years ago backstage at Bonnaroo," the band wrote alongside photos of them with the rapper. "Turns out that we and @chancetherapper had a bit of a mutual admiration society going on, and we had a very fun hang in our dressing room, in which he revealed a straight-up impressive familiarity with some pretty deep Death Cab catalog cuts, and during which the possibility of a collaboration was briefly mentioned."

"Fast forward to 2019, and we were truly surprised and honored when Chance got back in touch and asked us to be part of a song called 'Do You Remember', which appears on his debut record, THE BIG DAY, which is out worldwide as of right now. We couldn't be more thrilled," the caption continues. "Thank you, Chance, and congratulations on your big day!"

So there you have it. You never know where a "chance" encounter can lead. Check out the Instagram post and listen to "Do You Remember" below.

Photo: Rachel Demy