{"id":76630,"date":"2021-03-31T17:29:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/pote-young-lies-damon-albarn\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T08:39:00","slug":"pote-young-lies-damon-albarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/pote-young-lies-damon-albarn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot\u00e9 unveils “Young Lies” with Damon Albarn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The single, co-written with Damon Albarn, heralds the producer and singer’s new album, A Tenuous Tale of Her<\/em>, due for release on June 4. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pot\u00e9, whose real name is Sylvern Mathurin, is an English artist from Saint Lucia, an island state in the West Indies. With a background in club and electronic scenes, the producer and singer has been moving into more mainstream territory, as evidenced by his track “Open Up,” performed on the Colors<\/a> show last February.  For his new track “Young Lies,” which announces the release of his first album, A Tenuous Tale of Her<\/em>, Pot\u00e9 called on the British Damon Albarn, founding member of the bands Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad and the Queen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, Pot\u00e9 plunges us into a pre-apocalyptic universe, fully assuming his vulnerability. We follow a man who tries his best to resist a fatal destiny. Despite the anxiety-inducing atmosphere, the funky rhythms bring a whirlwind of both fear and suspense as well as freedom, with a particularly theatrical edge. Pot\u00e9 sings foreboding lyrics on the track: “There’s something in the air \u2026<\/em> ” The single reflects a new album whose intention is to explore the artist\u2019s own emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following on from his experiences as a producer, Pot\u00e9 fully assumes his new vocation as a vocalist, as well as his new pop angle: “I think that it is by working with other people, artists who really write songs, and not just producers, that I really sharpened my ear, my sense of melody and writing<\/em>.” We feel the many musical influences the artist draws on: like kuduro, a musical genre from Angola, developed in Portugal, which consists of mixing break dance, Angolan semba, electronic and traditional African music. As for Damon Albarn, he commented: “I like it when tracks evolve like the one we did together.<\/em>” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album A Tenuous Tale of Her<\/em> will be released on June 4, 2021, via OUTLIER<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to Pot\u00e9 and Damon Albarn in our Songs of the Week playlist on Spotify<\/a> and Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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