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'We got Telepathy!' Christina Aguilera drops new single for the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down ahead of Netflix release

Published: 16:34 EST, 11 August 2016 | Updated: 18:17 EST, 11 August 2016

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The soundtrack for The Get Down has been gradually seeping onto iTunes ahead of its Friday premiere.

But Wednesday's offering was an explosion.

Christina Aguilera released a new song called Telepathy for the Netflix series, bringing her breathtaking blend of growling and belting to a disco anthem.

The diva delivers: On Wednesday, Christina Aguilera released a single, Telepathy (feat. Nile Rodgers), for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Netflix series The Get Down

Featuring Chic lead guitarist Nile Rodgers, the gleefully retro song will help score Baz Lurhmann's chronicle of the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx during the 1970s.

In her trademark style, 35-year-old bellows, 'I know you and you know me. We got telepathy!' Her Mariah-esque flute register melismas spiral off against a backdrop of soaring strings and a frenetic brass section.

The Burlesque star is no stranger to the Sydney-born filmmaker, having previously worked on the score to his 2001 smash Moulin Rouge!

Alongside Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk, she sang a Grammy-winning cover of Labelle's iconic single Lady Marmalade.

Reunion: The 35-year-old had previously worked with the filmmaker on Moulin Rouge!, as one of the singers of the soundtrack's Grammy-winning cover of Lady Marmalade

Stars in alignment: Aguilera (second from right) sang Lady Marmalade for Luhrmann's (centre) film alongside P!nk (left), Mýa (second from left) and Lil' Kim (right)

On Wednesday, the Romeo+Juliet director swung by Good Morning America. He was flanked by two of his advisers on the project: Grandmaster Flash, who was an associate producer on the series, and Nelson George, an historian of the genre.

Hollywood's king of kitsch explained that he made the series out of a desire to discover, 'How did such a pure and new idea get born, particularly in a moment in which there was so little?'

The twelve-episode first series reputedly cost $120 million to make. Faced with the suggestion it was one of the priciest programmes ever made, the 53-year-old conceded, 'It's not THE most expensive, but it wasn't cheap. But you want it all! It's set in a period. Then, it's music. Then, it's everything; it's dance.'

Ensemble: The Burlesque star is one of a group of artists, including Janelle Monáe, to have released their songs on the soundtrack ahead of The Get Down's premiere

Grandmaster Flash, one of the primogenitors of hip-hop, described his personal experience of The Get Down's milieu. 'We were just, kinda like, having fun,' he said. 'We had no ulterior motive of whether it was gonna be huge.'

The Get Down's first six episodes will arrive on Netflix on Friday, the next six in 2017.

Ahead of its premiere, a handful of its songs have been released to the public, including Janelle Monáe's Hum Along & Dance (Gotta Get Down) and Losing Your Mind, performed by Raury and the series' supporting actor Jaden Smith.

Piecemeal: The Sydney-born director's chronicle of the birth of hip hop in the 1970s South Bronx will release its first six episodes on Netflix this Friday