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• "Flower in a Hurricane" brings together French electronic duo Justice, American singer-songwriter SZA, Tame Impala (the Australian project of Kevin Parker), and Australian rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It serves as the official theme song for Grand Theft Auto VI, a game Justice also scored.
• The song's title picture, a flower surviving a hurricane, mirrors the dynamic between the game's lead couple, Jason and Lucia. As they get caught up in a criminal conspiracy after a robbery goes wrong, their survival hinges on trusting each other. The lyrics focus on love and devotion, and the verses are about seizing the moment.
• The track boasts 11 credited writers: Justice's Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, Kevin Parker, SZA, Sarah Aarons, and all six members of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Aarons has a strong track record with Parker, having previously co-written Tame Impala's hit "Dracula."
  
  Parker and SZA share lead vocal duties, with Parker co-producing alongside Justice. Exactly what King Gizzard contributed instrumentally, beyond their writing credits, hasn't been specified.
• Justice told BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders they had wanted to work with each of the three acts for years and were pleasantly surprised by how well the mix worked. The collaboration "came very naturally," the duo said, developing step-by-step until they had a finished track with everyone on it.
  
  Augé noted that while Tame Impala and King Gizzard shared common psychedelic rock ground, SZA came from a very different zone musically. He called her the "cherry on top" in a recipe where every artist brought a "secret ingredient to the big soup."
• The opening riff prompts comparisons to the iconic guitar hook from Dire Straits' 1985 classic "Money For Nothing"; Jack Saunders said it brought Def Leppard to mind. De Rosnay said Justice didn't set out to make an '80s-style track, even if it turned out that way. He also pointed out the heavy guitar sound is actually a synthesizer. No real guitar, he noted, could sound quite so processed and phasey.
• "Flower in a Hurricane" was Justice's first collaboration with both SZA and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. They previously teamed up with Tame Impala on their album Hyperdrama, including "Neverender," which won a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, and the lead single "One Night/All Night."
• Justice have history with the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Their track "Waters of Nazareth" appeared in GTA IV, while "Stress" was featured in GTA Online. For the other artists, "Flower in a Hurricane" is their official debut in a GTA game, though Tame Impala came close in the past: "Half Full Glass of Wine" and "Solitude Is Bliss" were both slated for earlier game tracklists before being cut before release.
• "Flower in a Hurricane" gave Justice its second entry on the Billboard Hot 100, following the French duo's guest appearance on The Weeknd's "Wake Me Up" in 2025. It was SZA's 62nd appearance on the chart, while Tame Impala scored its fourth, following "Dracula," "Loser" and "My Old Ways," all of which charted in 2025–26. For King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, the track marked the Australian band's debut appearance on the Hot 100.