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- Kokoroko launched “Nearer To Me,” a brand new single from their upcoming Tuff Occasions By no means Final album
- The monitor blends hip-hop rhythms with funk and neo-soul
- The album is ready to launch on July 11, 2025
London-based jazz collective Kokoroko has unveiled their newest single, “Nearer To Me,” providing a recent glimpse into their upcoming album, Tuff Occasions By no means Final.
Produced by Miles James, the monitor blends hip-hop-inspired rhythms with avant-garde funk and neo-soul components, evoking the spirit of the Soulquarians period. With its laid-back groove and sensuous lyricism, “Nearer To Me” builds on the themes of intimacy and longing, following within the footsteps of their earlier single, “Sweetie,” however with a extra earnest and direct strategy. The tune’s hypnotic chorus – “Whenever you name me child / Child make me lose management / Do I prefer it perhaps / Candy my thoughts and candy my soul” – reinforces its romantic and emotive core.
“You may really feel like particularly as musicians, you don’t need to write about love as a result of everybody’s writing about love. However then generally that’s truly, that’s all I need to write about. So why not lean into it?” Co-bandleader Sheila Maurice-Gray shared. In the meantime, fellow co-bandleader Onome Edgeworth described “Nearer To Me” as a “Hip-Hop report at its core,” elaborating that regardless of not having any precise rapping on it, “the drums, the sampling and the sensation of it is rather Hip-Hop.”
Set to seem on Tuff Occasions By no means Final, which releases on July 11, “Nearer To Me” continues Kokoroko’s exploration of style fusion, weaving collectively Afrobeat, jazz, R&B and funk influences.
“Nearer To Me” is now obtainable for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.
