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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ soundtrack will feature Grimes, A$AP Rocky, Run the Jewels, and many more

Ultraviolence and bodymods just got a killer backing track.

Cyberpunk 2077 is easily 2020's most anticipated game, and the hype just got several decibels louder. According to the official Twitter account of the game, A$AP Rocky, Run the Jewels, Grimes, Nina Kraviz, Gazelle Twin, Refused, Ilan Rubin, Deadly Hunta, Rat Boy, Tina Guo, and Richard Devine will all be making an appearance in the title when it's released in April of next year.

Grimes performed a new track that will be featured in the game at this week's 2019 Game Awards dubbed “4ÆM,” (though it'll also appear on her album Miss Anthropocene), a drum n' bass-backed track that melodically seems to almost reference the song “Bullets” by Archive from the original (2013!) trailer for the game. The new track is an edgelord earworm in the making from the sounds of it.

Is that it? — It seems likely there'll be more artists to share as the game gets closer to release. Given the scale of the Cyberpunk 2077 world and the precedent of the GTA universe, it wouldn't be surprising to see lots of music from lots of artists strewn throughout the game. CD Projekt Red likes a good merch tie-in, so it's likely there'll be plenty of soundtrack-related items to spend your money on around the game's launch.