Cory Wong lights up a new era with ‘Blame It On The Moon’ featuring Magic City Hippies
GRAMMY-nominated songwriter, producer, and guitarist Cory Wong releases his new single ‘Blame It On The Moon’ with Magic City Hippies on December 9, 2025. The song is the third release from his upcoming pop album Lost In The Wonder, out February 3, 2026.
The new single pushes Wong’s genre-defying approach into jazzy disco territory, blending rhythmic guitar work with Magic City Hippies’ indie-funk textures. Built through remote collaboration, the track features rearranged sections, added parts from the trio, and Wong’s finishing touches of horns and keyboards. The result expands the sonic world of Lost In The Wonder, emphasizing groove, interplay, and Wong’s evolving production style.
Cory Wong says:
“This is the first time that Magic City Hippies and I have worked together. I randomly met some of the guys in Japan during my last tour. They came out to one of my Tokyo shows and, at the end of the night, said, ‘We should do something sometime.’ That usually means something along the lines of, ‘I respect your artistry and think you’re cool, ‘ but rarely means ever getting together to actually ‘do something sometime.’ I have made it a point in the last couple of years to really mean it when I say ‘let’s write together.’
“I got home from Japan and sent over a demo of a song I was working on. The guys in the band said, ‘Yep, we know what to do with this.’ They flipped the arrangement around and added new parts, and sent back what was the majority of what you hear in the final song. We did a few rounds of remote feedback on the writing, and I polished off the arrangement with some added horns and keyboards, and it was done! It’s always more fun to work in a room together on something creative like this, but it works really well to work on remote collaboration projects when both parties are really comfortable in their artistry and also the craft of recording/ collaborating. This, to me, felt like the pinnacle of remote collaboration.”
‘Blame It On The Moon’ featuring Magic City Hippies, is available now on all streaming platforms.
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