Time Moves Slow and Running Away

The band first connected with Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring in 2014 when they remixed/reinterpreted their track "Seasons (Waiting on You)". Following their collaboration, BadBadNotGood invited Herring to their Toronto studio to work on some music for their album. From these sessions, they wrote and recorded "Time Moves Slow" as well as the non-album single "I Don't Know". "Time Moves Slow" premiered live in 2015 at a Red Bull show in Los Angeles; the band played the track as well as their version of "Seasons (Waiting on You)" with Herring . The track debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show on May 17, 2016, and released digitally the same day. The band announced their new album the same day. Since its release, the track has been performed live infrequently. == "Running Away" ==

In June 2021, the track "Running Away", a beat heavily incorporating a looped sample of "Times Move Slow" went viral on TikTok as part of the Adult Swim trend. The track and trend was created by musician and TikTok creator VANO 3000 in late May, in tribute to the distinct bumpers on the American late night programming block Adult Swim. "Running Away" has been called nostalgic and "dream like". In regard to the composition, VANO took an instrumental from the original track 'adjusted the EQ and pitch and added filters to the sample' before adding in the lyrical phrase by Samuel T. Herring. The trend has been lauded by content creators and subject to a number of pop culture think pieces. BadBadNotGood did not initially comment on the use of their song, but co-signed it on June 12 by participating in the trend. BBNG and Herring are both credited. == In other media ==

"Time Moves Slow" was featured in a 2016 episode of NBC's The Blacklist and a 2019 episode of HBO's Barry. Notably, a cover of the song was featured in the final sequence of the 2020 video game Dreams for PlayStation 4. The song was also used in the 2024 video game Harold Halibut for Windows, the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5. == Personnel ==

Adapted from liner notes. • Chester Hansen – bass guitar • Alexander Sowinski – drums • Matthew Tavares – crumar • Leland Whitty – electric guitar • Samuel T. Herring – vocals • Stephen Koszler – mixing • João Carvalho – mastering ==Certifications==