James Blake photo by Will Deitz

Late last year, Kanye West called James Blake his "favorite artist". Now, as Blake told Rolling Stone, the rapper has invited him to collaborate in the studio.

Blake says that he's interested, though he wouldn't want it to be a long-distance or multiple-person collaboration:

"You know, the way that I like to work is bare bones and personal. I think because Kanye's such an accomplished producer, if I was to work with him, then I think we could do something together, and just together, you know?"

In a Bruce Springsteen analogy, Kanye once said that he wanted his next album to be his Born in the U.S.A.

"If he wants it to sound like Born in the U.S.A. then I'm not sure if I'm the one to ask," says Blake with a laugh. “Honestly, I spend so much fucking time talking about Kanye West and Chance [the Rapper] and Drake. People ask me so much about it, but really up until this point, I haven't had any time to act on any impulse, so all I can say is we'll see and watch this space but there's things coming. I'm really excited. My monotonous tone of voice won't show you that, but I'm excited."

Watch Blake perform "CMYK" at Pitchfork Music Festival: