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===''Heady Fwends'', Guinness World Record and other collaborations (2012)===
With their previous contract with [[Warner Bros. Records]] having expired in 2011, the band re-signed to Warner Bros. for the United States and to [[Bella Union]] in Europe in early 2012. The first release under these new deals was ''[[The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends]]'', initially released as a limited edition vinyl-only package for [[Record Store Day]] on April 21. The album features collaborations with artists such as [[Kesha]], [[Nick Cave]], and [[Erykah Badu]]. In an interview with [[American Songwriter]], Coyne stated that "Since we were releasing music every month, we thought it would be a little bit boring for us each month to say 'Well here's four more Flaming Lips songs.' We just thought 'Well we'll get some of our friends, and we'll do collaborations and see what happens.'"<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rutledge |first=Chris |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/05/the-flaming-lips-experimental-year/ |title=The Flaming Lips' Experimental Year |magazine=American Songwriter |date=May 25, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref> The album later received a wider release on CD and digitally on June 26 in the US and July 30 in Europe.

The Flaming Lips broke [[Jay-Z]]'s [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the most live concerts (8) in 24 hours, on June 27 and 28, 2012. The attempt was part of the [[O Music Awards]], and was [[Livestream]]ed online for the entire 24 hours. The attempt started in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] on the afternoon of June 27 and ended in [[New Orleans]] on the afternoon of June 28, with 20 minutes to spare. The band played with guests including [[Grace Potter and the Nocturnals]], [[Neon Indian]], Linear Downfall and [[Phantogram (band)|Phantogram]] and HOTT MT, among others.

The concerts, which were required to be at least 15 minutes long, as per Guinness rules, featured a mix of special covers, songs rarely or never performed live by the band before, and new songs from ''[[The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends|Heady Fwends]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/6/flaming-lips-beat-jayzs-most-concerts-world-record-43301/ |title=FLAMING LIPS BEAT JAY-Z'S MOST CONCERTS PLAYED IN 24 HOURS WORLD RECORD |publisher=Guinness World Records |date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18641351 |title=Flaming Lips set Guinness World Record for live shows |work=BBC News |date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref>

In November 2012 the band's Lovely Sorts of Death Records released a collaborative track-by-track reinterpretation of [[King Crimson]]'s ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]'' with [[Stardeath and White Dwarfs]], Linear Downfall, New Fumes, and Space Face entitled ''Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn'' on vinyl and on their own 'Satellite Heart Radio' website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefutureheart.com/2012/10/15/crimsonking/|title=The Future Heart "Exploding the Moon a Million Times"|work=The Future Heart|date=October 15, 2012|access-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

They also worked on Kesha's ''Warrior'' album (on "Past Lives") and ''Lipsha''. She also featured on their collaborative albums.