French duo Justice and fellow Frenchman Gesaffelstein have released Pusher, their first-ever collaboration, on Thursday, Oct. 29. The seven-minute track is part of Justice's original score for Grand Theft Auto VI, which arrives Nov. 19.
Billboard says the song evokes Justice's Stress and Generator, along with the throttling percussion that defines Gesaffelstein's work. Rolling Stone says it shows off the breadth and diversity of sound listeners can expect from the score.
Xavier de Rosnay, one half of Justice, said in a statement what the game asked of the music:
"The scope of the game is so large geographically and thematically that it was clear from the beginning the music would also have to be very broad in terms of emotions, genres and textures. We were given the freedom to explore as many things as we needed to, musically speaking."
Pusher is the second release from the score, following Flowers In a Hurricane, which came out Oct. 15 with SZA, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Tame Impala. That song debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Oct. 31, giving King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard their first hit on the chart. Gaspard Augé, the other half of Justice, said in a recent BBC Radio One interview that the lineup was very interesting: Tame Impala and King Gizzard share some common ground, and SZA is the cherry on top.
The full score, Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score, arrives on Dec. 11 on streaming services, as a double CD and on triple vinyl. Because Music, Ed Banger and Rockstar Games are releasing it, and it will be Justice's fifth studio album. Rockstar's press release bills it as 30 main songs plus digital bonus tracks, but the Apple Music pre-release profile lists it as a 50-track experience.
GTA VI: The Album comes out Nov. 19, the same day as the game. The first six in-game radio stations for the game have been confirmed, with Bad Bunny, Lana Del Rey, Robyn and Slayer's King Kerry and Tom Araya set to host.
Pusher is out now. The full score follows on Dec. 11.
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