{"id":41789,"date":"2019-04-30T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T09:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/skepta-announces-ignorance-is-bliss-new-album-forthcoming-on-may-31st\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:35:37","slug":"skepta-announces-ignorance-is-bliss-new-album-forthcoming-on-may-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/skepta-announces-ignorance-is-bliss-new-album-forthcoming-on-may-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"Skepta announces Ignorance Is Bliss, new album forthcoming on May 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24486 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Skepta-Ignorance-Is-Bliss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Skepta-Ignorance-Is-Bliss.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Skepta-Ignorance-Is-Bliss-759x542.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Skepta-Ignorance-Is-Bliss-661x472.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Skepta-Ignorance-Is-Bliss-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Skepta-Ignorance-Is-Bliss-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Following the widely acclaimed\u00a0<em>Konnichiwa,\u00a0<\/em>released in 2016, the UK grime\u00a0pionneer\u00a0just announced a new album.<\/h4>\n<p>Throughout his carreer,\u00a0Tottenham-born from Nigerian parents Skepta has\u00a0shaped the UK grime sound and helped it skyrocket into the widely-known music genre it is today, while becoming one of the main faces of the scene.<\/p>\n<p>After Konnichiwa, his Mercury Prize-winning LP, he dropped a solid EP called Vicious, featuring several heavyweight collaborations with artists such as Lil B, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Nast, and Section Boyz.<\/p>\n<p>He recently announced a new upcoming album called\u00a0<em>Ignorance Is Bliss\u00a0<\/em>in an Instagram post, unveiling the artwork designed by\u00a0Manu Pillai.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwzHXnDnJoO\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwzHXnDnJoO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NEW SKEPTA ALBUM #IGNORANCEisBLISS OUT MAY 31ST &#8211; Artwork shot by @haiimmanu @FLIR thank you Metallic mgmt for bringing my ideas to Life. Pre-order the album now. Link in my bio.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par\u00a0<a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skeptagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skepta<\/a>\u00a0(@skeptagram) le\u00a0<time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-04-28T12:08:49+00:00\">28 Avril 2019 \u00e0 5 :08 PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Ignorance Is Bliss<\/em>,\u00a0release on May 31. 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