that were recently revealed to be in the planning for July, Yola has provided a bit of a head start: she says she’ll be appearing at both of them.
The album announcement promises her second album will be marked by “a sonic shift from her debut album, with a diverse mix of symphonic soul and classic pop.” But anyone worried that means she’s completely abandoning the Americana vibe that characterized parts of her debut should be reassured by the rootsy groove that “Diamond Studded Shoes” slides into. The colorful, Kwaku Otchere-directed video for the new song ensures it won’t be placed in too narrow a shoebox, in any case.
“It’s a collection of stories of allyship, Black feminine strength through vulnerability, and loving connection from the sexual to the social,” Yola said in a statement — “all celebrating a change in thinking and paradigm shift at their core. It is an album not blindly positive and it does not simply plead for everyone to come together.
Of the class-conscious lyrics, Yola said, “This song explores the false divides created to distract us from those few who are in charge of the majority of the world’s wealth and use the ‘divide and conquer’ tactic to keep it. This song calls on us to unite and turn our focus to those with a stranglehold on humanity. … The video is in part inspired by ‘The Truman Show’ and is about being trapped in a false construct.
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