"You Ain't The Problem" is Kiwanuka's first single since teaming up with Tom Misch for "Money" in June.
His third album KIWANUKA follows on from 2016's Love & Hate.
Speaking about the record, Kiwanuka explains, "The last album came from an introspective place and felt like therapy, I guess. This one is more about feeling comfortable in who I am and asking what I want to
say. Like, how could I be bold and challenge myself and the listener? It is about self-acceptance in a more triumphant rather than melancholy way. It’s an album that explores what it means to be a human being today."
He adds, "When I first signed a record deal, people would ask me, ‘So what are you going to be called?’ And I never thought of that; calling myself Johnny Thunders or whatever, like singers from the past. So, on this album it’s kind of a defiant thing; I’m engaging with who I am and I’m not going to have an alter ego, or become Sasha Fierce or Ziggy Stardust, even though everyone';s telling me I need to be this, that or the other. I can just be Michael Kiwanuka."
Tracklist:
- You Ain’t The Problem
- Rolling
- I’ve Been Dazed
- Piano Joint (This Kind Of Love) Intro
- Piano Joint (This Kind Of Love) Main
- Another Human Being
- Hero
- Hard To Say Goodbye
- Final Days
- Interlude (Loving The People)
- Solid Ground
- Light
