Che Lingo has released his new single “Out of the Blue” and shared details from his second album “Are You Going Up”.
The album follows his critically acclaimed debut ‘The Worst Generation’, and sees the AIM Award-nominated Londoner addressing mental health and heartbreak at its fullest.
“CUFA is an intimate and personal look at me and people who, like me, sometimes have a hard time seeing themselves,” Che Lingo says, “CUFA is an album, in my own way, about letting people know that they are not alone. You are not alone in these temptations.”
In anticipation of his new album, Lingo released “Out of the Blue” a sobering song to help him “get out of the cycle of pressures, hereditary and personal, to let himself and so many suffer.”
Speaking about what inspired the song, Lingo spoke “Times where I felt like I was drowning, fighting about things emotionally and mentally, that I couldn’t even see and repeat that cycle… This story is about times like that and how I was singing and going through them my way. You’re not alone. Trust me.”
Director Reece Selvadora described the experience as “special” working on the video.
“We wanted to represent the fight physically, while allowing the audience to connect with the visual effects by seeing Che Lingo,” explains Selvadorai.
It follows Lingo’s previous single “My Radio”, which became a royal hit for Queen, which racked up millions of streams in two weeks.
“Coming Air” is out April 6 via Idris Elba’s 7Wallace label. Check out the track listing below.
Enter jaded From the Blues Consumidoriddm Low key Fighting the Giants Heart Race feat. WINSTON ‘The very Couture feat. Kojey Radical Private Scenes’ feat. Jordan McCampa My Radio’ feat. Queen, Roger Taylor
Che Lingo will also tour the UK and Europe. Check out the dates below and get tickets here.
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12 – Melkweg Upstair – Amsterdam, The Netherlands 14 – Helios37 15 – La Boule Noire – Paris, France 16 – Botanique – Brussels, Belgium 19 – 19 Apr: Poetry Club SWG3 – Glasgow, UK 20 – YES – Manchester, United Kingdom 21 – Academy 3 – Birmingham, United Kingdom 23 – Lafayette – London, United Kingdom 25 – Green Gate – Brighton, United Kingdom 26 – Louisiana – Bristol 27 – Hyde Park Book Club – Leeds, United Kingdom 29 – Dublin, Ireland
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14 – Sixth Line – Helsinki, Finland 16 – Hus 7 – Stockholm, Sweden 20 – Lille Vega – Hafnia 21 – Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark 23 – Privat Club – Berlin, Germany
NME has previously spoken to Che Lingo and his label boss Idris Ilva about how meeting Idris Elba made Che feel “pulled to the stars”. The rapper also talked about his politics in his debut record “My Block”, which reminds people “you can be a king or a queen” in any state you want.
