Last year, Tame Impala stepped in as a Coachella headliner when Justin Timberlake was forced to bow out due to vocal cord issues. According to frontman Kevin Parker, however, the band put so many financial resources into the performance that it came away making no money.

In an interview with The Times, Parker said the group approached Coachella as “equal parts festival gig and promo.”

As a result, the Australian band felt pressured to consider questions like whether its confetti cannon was bigger than Beyoncé’s. “We spent a lot of money, got a creative director, just had to dive in headfirst,” Parker explained. “I think we pulled it off. Didn’t make any money.”

One month after Coachella, Parker spoke to Entertainment Weekly about working with creative director Willo Perron, who has collaborated with artists like Lady Gaga, Drake, and Rihanna.

They created a mood board inspired by the “Force lightning” of Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Jedi, which in turn led to visuals vaguely resembling the Star Gate sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Confetti cannons, laser lights, and a 12,000-pound ring that hovered four stories over the stage were added to the mix.

“I don’t like to think about how much things are going to cost, but… I was like, ‘How much is that fucking thing going to cost?‘” Parker said about the ring. “But [incorporating it] was kind of a no-brainer.”

Tame Impala’s upcoming album, The Slow Rush, arrives on Friday, February 14. Parker spoke about the title’s meaning in The Times interview.

“If you stare at the clock, it’s crawling along, but as soon as you get distracted, that’s when time overtakes you,” he said. “As humans we could do so much, but somehow time always gets the better of us. How does that happen?”

The Slow Rush marks Tame Impala’s first album since 2015’s Currents. It includes the pre-release singles “Lost in Yesterday,” “Posthumous Forgiveness,” “It Might Be Time,” and “Borderline.”

Check out the full interview at The Times, and catch up on all the lyrics to Tame Impala’s Currents on Genius now.