MusicNewsMusic / NewsEzra Koenig debuts a new song in the Neo Yokio Christmas specialCo-written by iLoveMakonnen and BloodpopShareLink copied ✔️December 8, 2018December 8, 2018TextThom Waite Earlier this week came the news that Jaden Smith and Ezra Koenig would be returning for a Christmas special of Neo Yokio, the Vampire Weekend singer’s anime about rich kid and reluctant demon fighter Kaz Kaan. Yesterday, that new episode released – titled “Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas” – and with it came a new song written by Koenig, along with iLoveMakonnen and producer Bloodpop. The song, “Friend Like U”, is sung by Arcangelo Corelli, Kaz Kaan’s rival and competitor for Neo Yokio’s favourite bachelor, at around the 33 minute mark in the Christmas special. It is also reprised towards the episode’s climax, with an added verse from Kaz Kaan himself (who is voice by Jaden Smith), delivered in Smith’s familiar laid-back style. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracksMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero ‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationIs art finally getting challenging again?The only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop undergroundNeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right now