Dawn Richard teams up with GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist Durand Bernarr on “baby, can we?,” released June 16, 2026, via Merge Records. Produced by Katalyst Collective, the track blends New Orleans soul, progressive R&B, funk, and rich harmonies into a celebration of connection, vulnerability, and possibility. The collaboration marks the first time the two acclaimed artists have recorded together, combining Richard’s genre-defying vision with Bernarr’s renowned vocal talent. A music video directed by Richard and Carl Harrison Jr. accompanies the release, expanding on the song’s themes of joy, intimacy, culture, and movement.

The single follows Richard’s 2025 release A FLEX and offers another preview of her next artistic chapter. After exploring more experimental, genre-blending work with Spencer Zahn on Pigments (2022) and Quiet in a World Full of Noise (2024), A FLEX and baby, can we? signal a return to the sound and spirit of her 2021 album Second Line, drawing on the futurism and brass-infused energy of her King Creole era. Both Richard and Bernarr highlighted the collaboration as a natural, long-awaited partnership rooted in mutual respect, creative freedom, authenticity, and genuine connection.