Armand Jakobsson, the Swedish producer better known as DJ Seinfeld, returned in May with “If U Like Me,” his first new solo track since 2022. (In the interim, he teamed with Confidence Man on the tremendous “Now U Do.”) Today he’s got another new single out, a low-key but propulsive lo-fi house cut called “Hopecore.” It’s billed as a preview from a forthcoming LP. “I’ve been assembling sounds and writing out ideas for my next album,” Seinfeld says, “and I wanted to give out a teaser of what that process has been sounding like.” Listen below.
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