I. Jordan has introduced their debut album. I Am Jordan is out Could 10 by way of Ninja Tune. “Actual Sizzling n Naughty” leads the LP, and it encompasses a vocal flip from the actor and rapper Felix Mufti, whom Intercourse Schooling followers will acknowledge as It Boy Roman. Within the video, Jordan and Mufti whip up a celebration in a bingo corridor; watch it go down beneath.
Jordan stated in press supplies, “A big a part of the rationale why Felix and I immediately bonded is due to our queer working-class backgrounds, and our satisfaction round that as nicely. Our purpose with this monitor is to make an actual queer northern dance anthem. Plenty of working-class, northern humour is ‘issues are a bit shit, however no matter. We’ll take the piss.’”
The album, Jordan added, “is about pleasure.” They continued, “It’s about my pleasure as a trans particular person, and trans pleasure typically, working with trans individuals, making all this enjoyable music collectively.” The brand new video, they stated, “related to our upbringing and areas we spent quite a lot of time in once we have been rising up. Sprucing them up and reclaiming them to be stuffed with queer and trans pleasure felt necessary and symbolic to me because it related two necessary components of my id that aren’t typically merged collectively. We wished to make one thing enjoyable, cute and cheeky and fuck all of the tories.”
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I Am Jordan:
01 When Lights Flash
02 On line casino Excessive
03 Actual Sizzling n Naughty [ft. Felix Mufti]
04 The Countdown [ft. Taahliah]
05 Butterlick [ft. Sister Zo]
06 Reification and Pathetic Fallacy
07 Folks Need Good Issues
08 Spherical n Spherical
09 The Woodpecker
10 7 Levels of Despondent
11 Near You
12 Rapt Finis
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