Also in 2020, Lamar talked to his cousin Baby Keem in an interview for i-D about new music, and spending “a whole year” thinking about his “new sound.” And 2020 was, of course, the year Lamar launched his “at-service” company, pgLang, which co-released Mr.
Thundercat, who co-wrote two tracks on the project, mentioned working on new music with Lamar in 2020. Days after releasing DAMN., Lamar was already talking about having new music - but that could very well have been songs for Black Panther or features.