# Jason Calhoun – “enjoy losing”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/jason-calhoun-enjoy-losing/
- Published: 2026-08-03T17:41:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-03T18:21:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2507207/jason-calhoun-enjoy-losing/music/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Geopolitics, Music, Politics

## Key points

- Jason Calhoun releases new single "enjoy losing" ahead of album
- Track inspired by learning chess through trial and error
- Album revelations of divine love out 7 August via Dear Life

## Summary

Philadelphia-based ambient composer Jason Calhoun has released "enjoy losing," the latest single from his forthcoming fifth album for Dear Life Records, revelations of divine love. The track continues a run of previews for the record and reflects Calhoun's ongoing exploration of blending musical practice with personal and spiritual reflection, this time drawing on an unlikely source: playing chess on his phone.

Calhoun has said he approached chess through trial and error rather than studying theory, and came to appreciate the game even while losing, a mindset he links to his creative and spiritual process. He describes the new song, made using a contact mic and a rosary, as embodying patience and an openness to difficulty. "enjoy losing" follows earlier previews "tolstoy tatsoi," "what we deserve" and "at home," with revelations of divine love due out on 7 August via Dear Life Records.

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