Kae Tempest unveils The Chemical Brothers-produced track, "Diagnoses"
Musician, poet and author Kae Tempest has revealed "Diagnoses", co-produced by Fraser T Smith and Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers, as a third single from the forthcoming album, Self Titled.
Of the song, Kae Tempest says: "It’s a Summer banger about antipsychotics and HRT. And loving each other regardless of how mental we are.” The song is a dexterous exploration of neurodiversity, ‘me and you and our trauma flashbacks, relaxing at home with a Horlicks. Backpacks stuffed full of my dysphoria, your dyspraxia | off exploring | panic attacks to get the heart rate up.’
A sample from the godfather of modern psychology, Carl Jung, opens ‘Hyperdistillation’ – “it’s a reminder to look again,” explains Tempest, “we are all more alive than we give each other credit for."
Working with the Grammy-winning producer behind Adele and Stormzy for the first time on an album sparked a union that saw a flood of new ideas and unexpected directions. Fraser encouraged Kae to be both an active participant in production and guided him to write in the first person, to tell his own story. The result is a body of work that sees Kae Tempest reconnect with his Hip Hop roots while paying a gentle homage to contemporary pop
Self Titled will be released on 4 July via Island Records.
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