At 13-tracks long, the highly anticipated sixth album from Little Simz, Lotus, is an expansive and yet deeply personal project. It sees Little Simz bring her inner world onto record in her most intimate and honest manner yet. Among an arresting musical backdrop guided by producer Miles Clinton James – which combines influences from Punk to Jazz, Soul to Samba – is a weaving of rich stories and vivid vignettes. Together, they tell an emotive story about the woman and artist Simz has become.
The title itself, Lotus, embodies renewal and growth, mirroring Simz’ ever evolving artistry and the album’s thematic voyage through life’s intricate phases. Among these roaming reflections are the tenderness of love, the sting of betrayal, the paralysing grip of fear, the depressions of self-doubt, and the light that cracks through the darkness when breakthrough and liberation arrive.
Lotus features an impeccably curated list of collaborators: Moses Sumney, Miraa May, Wretch 32, Cashh, Michael Kiwanuka, Yussef Dayes, Sampha, Lydia Kitto, Yukimi Nagano, Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly.
Little Simz is a boundary-breaking musician and cultural curator, recognised as one of the UK’s most captivating and visionary artists. A multi-award winner – collecting Brit Awards, MOBOs, the 2021 Mercury Music Prize, and an IvorNovello – across mixtapes, EPs, and five critically acclaimed albums, Simz’ music documents her story, her journey, her becoming – and in turn, her generation.
Little Simz is an artist whose creative ambition continues to grow and expand and Lotus is created in this ethic. There is a sense of range and fullness to what is her most daring and creative album yet.
Release: June 6, 2025, AWAL
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