Michael Kiwanuka has shared a new song, Beautiful Life.
The soft, sinuous number builds from muted keys and muffled beats to a grand, swirling crescendo of strings and horns over a running time of nearly five and a half minutes. Kiwanuka commented:
"In this song I wanted to focus on the feeling that there’s a real strength in the human spirit when you try to look for beauty even in difficult situations. Of 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.
"Ultimately 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."
The track serves as the title music for the new Netflix documentary, Convergence: Courage In A Crisis, directed by British Oscar-winner Orlando von Einsiedel.
The 34-year-old is currently working on the follow-up to his 2019 Mercury Prize-winning LP 'Kiwanuka'. He'll hit the road next spring for a rescheduled UK tour that calls at both London's O2 Academy Brixton and Alexandra Palace.
Michael Kiwanuka Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri May 06 2022 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Sun May 08 2022 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Mon May 09 2022 - LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
Wed May 11 2022 - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Fri May 13 2022 - BLACKPOOL Empress Ballroom
Sat May 14 2022 - HULL Bonus Arena
Tue May 17 2022 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo
Wed May 18 2022 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 City Hall
Fri May 20 2022 - BRIGHTON Centre
Sat May 21 2022 - PLYMOUTH Plymouth Pavilions
Mon May 23 2022 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
Wed May 25 2022 - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Mon August 08 2022 - EDINBURGH Princes Street Gardens
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