Kelela Announces New Album 'New Avatar' with Single 'linknb'
Kelela is gearing up to release her third album, 'New Avatar,' and has dropped the single 'linknb' as a preview. Here are the details.
Kelela has announced her upcoming album, ‘New Avatar,’ alongside the release of her new single, ‘linknb.’ The album is slated for release on July 10 via Warp Records.
Following the release of ‘idea 1’, Kelela has shared ‘linknb’, produced by Oscar Scheller, as the second offering from ‘New Avatar’.
Written during a period of writer’s block, ‘linknb’ originated from a mantra Kelela wrote to reignite her creative process: “It’s not hard to be brave/ Easier to give too much away/ All I know is that I paved the way, underpaid.”
'New Avatar' sees Kelela revisiting her R&B roots, incorporating distorted guitars and dance music elements. The album also features collaborations with PinkPantheress, A. K. Paul, and Fousheé.
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Of the upcoming record, Kelela said, “This album finds solace in confronting. I don’t want the music to be a distraction from what’s really going on in the world; I want it to make sense in this crazy moment while helping people get in touch with the beauty and joy they’re also experiencing.”
The ‘New Avatar’ tracklist is:
01. ‘Idea 1
02. ‘Point Blank’
03. ‘Goin Down’
04. ‘Outta Time’ (Feat. A. K. Paul)
05. ‘Against Me’
06. ‘Crystalize’
07. ‘Retaliation Lullaby’
08. ‘linknb’
09. ‘Don’t Piss Me Off’
10. ‘New Life Forms’ (Feat. Fousheé)
11. ‘The Bridge’ (Feat. Pinkpantheress)
12. ‘If We Meet Again’
She added that while the album addresses a world “coming apart at the seams”, her and her friends maintain humour, not as a defense, but “an expression of how sharp our read is and how clearly we see the world.”
This announcement follows Kelela's 2023 album ‘Raven’, which NME gave a four-star review, stating it reminds us of “what it means to be put back together.”
Following ‘Raven,’ Kelela released ‘RAVE:N, The Remixes’, described as “a transcending fusion of mashups and sounds, reimagined from the original ‘Raven’ album alongside her musical partner in crime Asmara.” Collaborators included Shygirl, Yaeji, Liv.e, BbyMutha, and LEECH.
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