Deadmau5 Debuts 'Phantoms Can’t Hang' While Racing in Nyan Cat Ferrari

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Deadmau5 Debuts 'Phantoms Can’t Hang' While Racing in Nyan Cat Ferrari
Joel Zimmerman a.k.a. Deadmau5 performs at the Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park in Miami on March 29. Credit: John Davisson/Invision/AP

It's a game of cat and Deadmau5 at the Gumball 3000 international motor rally, where the electronic music producer is driving through Europe in a half-million dollar "Purrari" -- a Nyan Cat-themed Ferrari.

Amid his vehicular antics, Deadmau5 is world premiering a new song (listen below) exclusively on Mashable on Monday, one day before it becomes available on iTunes.

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People can follow Deadmau5's Gumball 3000 live-streamed #TeamPurrari journey at live.deadmau5.com to catch a glimpse of the meme-infused car.

"I only know one dude who would do this to a half-million dollar Ferrari: me," he told Mashable via Skype chat earlier this year before Gumball 3000 got under way. "LAWL. Suck it, world. Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyanyanyanyanyan."

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Deadmau5 participates in Gumball 3000 on June 5 in Miami Beach, Florida. Credit:

Deadmau5 and his Purrari are on the European leg of the two-week, 3,000-mile trip, which includes stops in eight U.S. states and three countries in Europe.

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