Kele Okereke has announced a new album. 2042 arrives via Kele’s label, KOLA, on November 8. Listen to “Jungle Bunny” below.
In a press release, Kele says, “There is a history of black entertainers feeling that after they have achieved a certain level of success that they are above discussions of race but that idea is a delusion. As a person of colour living in the western world, it does not matter how much wealth one accumulates, race will follow you wherever you go. With JUNGLE BUNNY I wanted explore this idea: In a time of such rampant division and public racism, what is the responsibility of the black entertainer?”
The Bloc Party frontperson’s last record, which featured a collaboration with Years & Years’ Olly Alexander, was Fatherland in 2017. He’s since co-written a musical about gay marriage called Leave to Remain.