Angélique Kidjo has a brand new album on the way in which, Hope!!, and the Beninese singer has shared the primary single, “Fall on Me,” that includes PJ Morton. Arriving April 24 on Warner, Hope!! is Kidjo’s follow-up to her 2021 album, Mom Nature. The album options Pharrell Williams, who produced three of the songs in his Paris studio, in addition to Nile Rodgers, Ayra Starr, Quavo, The Hole Band’s Charlie Wilson and extra. Hearken to “Fall on Me” under.
Hope!! is devoted to Kidjo’s late mom, who Kidjo remembers for her optimism and energy. Hope!! closes with a rendition of the Swahili love track “Malaika,” her mom’s favourite track.
“I began singing after I was six years previous, and I’m grateful every single day that I nonetheless get to stay my ardour and do what I really like with my life,” Kidjo says in a press assertion. “On the similar time I do know that many individuals wrestle to seek out pleasure, particularly when there’s a lot to fret about in our world at present. With this album I wished to place some fireplace again in folks’s hearts, and present how a lot we’d like that pleasure and hope to maintain our humanity going.”
Kidjo will have fun Hope!! with a tour of North America and Europe, opening March twenty sixth in Ann Arbor, Michigan earlier than concluding in Vienne, France in July. Scroll right down to see the total itinerary.
Revisit Pitchfork’s evaluation of Mom Nature.
Hope!!:
01 Bando [feat. Pharrell and Quavo]
02 Aye Kan [feat. Ayra Starr]
03. No Stopping Us
04 Fall On Me [feat. PJ Morton]
05 Oyaya [feat. Nile Rodgers and IZA]
06 Superwoman [feat. Dadju]
07 I am On Hearth [feat. The Cavemen]
08 You Can
09 Kakua [feat. Diamond Platnumz]
10 Daylight To My Soul [feat. Soweto Gospel Choir]
11 For Me [feat. Charlie Wilson]
12 Massive Coronary heart
13 Jerusalema
14 Pleasure feat. Davido
15 Nadi Steadiness [feat. Fally Ipupa, The Cavemen, Sheila Maurice-Grey]
16 Malaika [feat. Florent Pagny]
Angélique Kidjo:
03-26 Ann Arbor, MI – Hill Auditorium
03-28 Somerville, MA – Somerville Theatre
04-09 North Bethesda, MD – The Music Heart at Strathmore
04-11 Princeton, NJ – McCarter Theatre Heart
04-25 Stanford, CA – Bing Live performance Corridor
05-03 La Jolla, CA – The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Heart
05-06 Cenon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine – Le Rocher de Palmer
05-08 Halle (Saale), Germany – Georg Friedrich Handel Halle
05-12 Paris, France – L’Olympia
05-13 Luxembourg – Luxembourg Philharmonie
05-16 Brighton, England – Brighton Dome
05-24, 2026 Würzburg, Germany – Wurzburg Africa Competition
06-05 Dublin, Eire – Nationwide Live performance Corridor
06-25 Niort, France – Niort Jazz Competition
07-06 Vienne, France – Jazz a Vienne
