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20.08.2022 / 11:07
Loyle Carner announces forthcoming third album ‘Hugo’
Loyle Carner has announced his third album is on its way, sharing a release date and tracklist for the forthcoming ‘Hugo’.The English-Guyanese rapper shared the news yesterday (August 19) with a teaser video, in which he spraypaints the release date — October 21, 2022 — on a ‘Hugo’ poster.The ten-track record will feature his recently released singles ‘Hate’ and ‘Georgetown’, the latter of which was produced by Madlib and samples a performance by the Guyanese poet John Agard of his acclaimed poem Half-caste. “John Agard’s poem Half-caste had a heavy impact on me,” Carner said in a press statement. “To see someone who was older, that looked like me, sharing a reflection of a similar lived experience made me feel comfortable/proud to not fit in. It kinda gave me the permission to finally write explicitly about being mixed.”See the full ‘Hugo’ tracklist below:1. ‘Hate’ 2. ‘Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)’ 3. ‘Georgetown’ (feat. John Agard) 4. ‘Speed Of Plight’ 5. ‘Homerton’ (feat. JNR Williams & Olivia Dean) 6. ‘Blood On My Nikes’ (feat. Wesley Joseph & Athian Akec) 7. ‘Plastic’ 8. ‘A Lasting Place’ 9. ‘Pollyfilla’ 10. ‘HGU’Speaking to the Guardian about the forthcoming album last month, Carner — real name Ben Coyle-Larner — said: “There’s a whole other side to me that’s darker.