Tidal goes purple

Prince has released his latest album HITNRUN exclusively via Jay Z’s Tidal streaming service. “After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay Z and the team at TIDAL recognise and applaud the effort that real musicians put in2 their craft 2 achieve the very best they can at this pivotal time in the music industry,” said Prince in a statement. “Secondly, TIDAL have honoured Us with a nonrestrictive arrangement that once again allows Us to continue making art in the fashion we’ve grown accustomed 2 and We’re Extremely grateful 4 their generous support.” His all-girl backing band 3RDEYEGIRL seemed pretty excited by the new music: “Super hardcore Prince fans that know every song he’s ever recorded – we refer to them as The Purple Collective or The Purple Army – and this album is absolutely for them, because it’s super funky.”