Earlier this year we went to Hansa Studios in Berlin to record a concert film of my fourth studio album “Idols”.
The concept of the movie was to re-record the album in full, live.
I wanted to make a visual documentary that truly depicted where we were at a month before the release of our most ambitious album to date. Ten musicians in an iconic studio recording “Idols” live before we toured the world with it.
Berlin has always radiated complete unfiltered truth every time I have visited it and Hansa studios is just fucking iconic.
You can feel the history in Hansa; it’s in the silence between takes, the ceiling above looming over you.
You’re standing in the presence of all these legendary albums asking yourself “who the fuck am I and what am I gonna leave behind?”
This album forces you to look in a mirror and question who you are without compromise. It’s about comprehending what the ‘Idols’ in your life may have taught you but inevitably realising that all the answers came from and will continue to come from within you.
It’s about confronting legacy. Not bowing down, but standing toe-to-toe with it. Challenging it. Carrying it forward in your own way. This album is a journey. It’s raw. It’s honest. It’s uncomfortable.
This year, this album and this experience has been beautiful and we have truly given everything to it. Thank you for listening.
#yungblud#
