Le Tigre have confirmed last year’s report that they have been working with Christina Aguilera, calling it a “dream come true”. The celebrated nu-riot grrrls wrote and produced a “couple of songs” for the singer, which they hope will appear on her next album, Bionic.

According to a blogpost by singer/guitarist Johanna Fateman, Le Tigre’s song Deceptacon had become “Christina’s jam” in the first part of 2009.

“At first we were tormented by the goal of writing ‘another Deceptacon’ for her, wondering how to crack the code to its energy and production style,” Fateman explained, “plus we wanted to write melodies that would showcase Christina’s incredible voice … But we quickly realised that we just had to be ourselves and put our hearts into pulling together our best demos to play for her.”

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