Michael Kiwanuka has shared his latest song โBeautiful Lifeโ โ you can hear the track below.
The new single was recorded by the Mercury Prize-winning artist while he was writing and demoing new tracks for his upcoming fourth record, the follow-up to 2019โs KIWANUKA.
โBeautiful Lifeโ will serve as the title music for Orlando von Einsiedelโs new documentary Convergence: Courage In A Crisis, which arrived on Netflix yesterday (October 12).
Recorded in London alongside producer St Francis Hotel, Kiwanuka said of โBeautiful Lifeโ: โIn this song I wanted to focus on the feeling that thereโs a real strength in the human spirit when you try to look for beauty even in difficult situations.
โOf course, in some situations that becomes more and more difficult. But I just wanted to ponder on that and wonder what life would be like if I lived it like that.
โUltimately whatever people feel from hearing the song is ok with me. But what I was trying to emit through the music was a feeling of defiance. A feeling of strength through adversity.โ
Kiwanuka will headline Green Man Festival next summer and is set to provide support to Liam Gallagher during one of his sold-out shows at Knebworth.
Before that, Kiwanuka will head out on tour in May 2022 โ you can check out the dates below and find tickets here.
May 2022
6 โ O2 Academy, Glasgow
8 โ O2 Academy, Leeds
9 โ De Montford Hall, Leicester
11 โ Corn Exchange, Cambridge
13 โ Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
14 โ Bonus Arena, Hull
17 โ O2 Apollo, Manchester
18 โ O2 City Hall, Newcastle
20 โ Brighton Centre
21 โ Pavilions, Plymouth
23 โ O2 Academy, Brixton
25 โ Alexandra Palace, London