Prince releases new song, ‘Stare,’ exclusively on Spotify

July 30, 2015

With news confirmed that Prince has a new album coming out sometime this year, he's just dropped a new track—on Spotify, of all places, despite having removed all his other music from the service just a month ago.

Is he taking the advice of a Fox 9 digital producer to heart? Only Prince knows, but Spotify is thrilled, saying that Prince's exclusive new track is "just for Spotify fans!"

We've got something special for your Thursday. Prince dropped a single just for Spotify fans! http://t.co/mrOtWeiww0 pic.twitter.com/dlVNZBoAG9
— Spotify (@Spotify) July 30, 2015

The new track is a funky workout called "Stare," a song so squarely in the Prince tradition that he even quotes a riff from "Kiss." As the Prince Vault fan site notes, the song was teased earlier this year in since-removed videos on 3RDEYEGIRL's YouTube account. Enjoy the complete song:

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