Kelela has shared news of her upcoming album ‘New Avatar’ with new single ‘linknb’ – check out all the details below.

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The R&B singer will soon return with her third album, which is set for release on July 10 via Warp Records (you can pre-order/pre-save here ). Following the release of ‘idea 1’, she’s shared the second taste of ‘New Avatar’ with the Oscar Scheller-produced ‘linknb’, which is described as the next step in Kelela’s latest era.

Written during an intense period of writer’s block, the track began as a mantra Kelela wrote to pull herself back into the work: “ It’s not hard to be brave/ Easier to give too much away/ All I know is that I paved the way, underpaid. ”

‘New Avatar’ revisits her R&B roots, blending distorted guitars with dance music, and also features collaborations with PinkPantheress , A. K. Paul, and Fousheé .

“This album finds solace in confronting,” Kelela said of the upcoming record.…