2021 (song)

"2021" is a song by American indie pop band Vampire Weekend. Alongside "Harmony Hall", it served as the double A-side lead single for their fourth studio album Father of the Bride, and was released on January 24, 2019, by Columbia Records. "2021" was later re-released on December 22, 2021 as a collaboration 12" single alongside "Talking" by Haruomi Hosono.

Composition
The "sparse lovelorn ballad" is built around a sample of the ambient track "Talking", composed in the 1980s by Haruomi Hosono for Japanese retail company Muji. It features a soft pulsing synth and fingerpicked guitars, along with a distorted vocal sample of the word "boy" sung by Jenny Lewis.

Personnel
Credits adapted from Qobuz.

Musicians
 * Ezra Koenig – vocals, guitar
 * Jenny Lewis – additional vocals
 * Ariel Rechtshaid – programming, synthesizer, bass guitar

Engineers
 * Ariel Rechtshaid – engineering, mixing
 * Chris Kasych – engineering
 * John DeBold – engineering
 * Ezra Koenig – mixing
 * Chris Allgood – assistant engineering
 * Emily Lazar – mastering