Michael Kiwanuka has shared his latest song โ€œBeautiful 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 2019โ€™s KIWANUKA.

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โ€œBeautiful Lifeโ€ will serve as the title music for Orlando von Einsiedelโ€˜s 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 โ€œBeautiful Lifeโ€: โ€œIn this song I wanted to focus on the feeling that thereโ€™s a real strength in the human spirit when you try to look for beauty even in difficult situations.

โ€œOf 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.

โ€œUltimately 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.

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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