{"id":3665030,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3665030/?format=json","airdate":"2026-06-07T17:22:37-07:00","show":66928,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66928/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c/31872866062-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c/31872866062-250.jpg","song":"The Future","track_id":null,"recording_id":"e993ee6e-6af0-4694-a6f9-c8746b3f5cf7","artist":"Prince","artist_ids":["070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e"],"album":"Batman","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"37cf183c-6edd-30c0-a935-46983c447657","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"1989-06-16","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"William Orbit and Mark Moore remix!\n\n\"The Future,\" a slice of angular, surprisingly dark funk that serves as the album-opening cut, leverages both concepts beautifully. He spends the song, as with much of the soundtrack, examining good vs. evil – in an echo not just of Burton's script, but also of his own moral struggles dating back to the shelved Black Album. The song begins with a telling sample, as Michael Keaton's Batman says, \"I'm not gonna kill you. ... I want you tell your friends about me.\"\n\nRead More: Prince Admits Deep Worries About 'The Future' – Both His and Ours: 365 Days of Prince Songs | https://diffuser.fm/prince-the-future/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}