Well, howdy, there's a new D'Angelo song hiding out in Red Dead Redemption 2

Though it’s nowhere near as bad as waiting more than a decade for new music, D’Angelo is coming up on four years without putting out new music since releasing his long-awaited, absolutely stellar Black Messiah back in 2014. While there’s been little word on when his next full-length album is set to arrive, some small consolation has arrived in the form of a new track that’s, uh, played during a scene in the recently released video game Western Red Dead Redemption 2.
Though Red Dead 2 creators Rockstar advertised the contributions of musicians like Colin Stetson, Arca, and Queens Of The Stone Age/ex-Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore before the game’s release last Friday, it’s kept the inclusion of other artists a secret. Music critic Craig Jenkins tweeted about the existence of the haunting acoustic track, which plays between Red Dead 2 missions, this morning, and we’ve since confirmed that it is, in fact, new D’Angelo.