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Film came first-he started making DIY videos at age 12 to entertain himself and his friends growing up in a small UK community-but when he moved to London to study it, the energy he discovered in the city demanded to be captured in song, resulting in his 2021 debut ULTRAMARINE, a distinctly cinematic collection of avant-R\u0026amp;B and soulful future-pop shot through with moments of surprising aggression and an intriguingly complex postmillennial aura. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince collaborating with the likes of Jorja Smith and Loyle Carner, he returns with GLOW, eight more songs of love, loss, anxiety, and joy about coming of age at a time of unprecedented change. Showcasing his range across songwriting, performing, and production-not to mention his flawless transitions between singing and rapping, between character studies and raw emotional honesty-it's a stunningly beautiful work that makes it clear Joseph's on the path to becoming a world-changing talent. As on previous projects, Joseph is providing his own visual accompaniments for GLOW, creative directing it's artwork and directing it's first video. \"COLD SUMMER\" finds Joseph singing from a supervillain's perspective over woozy film-score strings, and the concept bleeds over into it's video accompaniment, a cryptic post-post-Tarantino gangster comedy shot in Kazakhstan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's usually hyperbole to call an artist as young and new as Joseph \"visionary,\" but it's undeniable that he has a vision, one that transcends old ideas of genre and medium, one that seems to get bigger and richer every time he steps into a studio or behind a camera. GLOW is one of the deepest and most satisfyingly cinematic listening experiences of the year-and Wesley Joseph is just getting started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat \/ \u003cb\u003e12\" Single\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased \/ \u003cb\u003e04\/21\/2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue \/ \u003cstrong\u003eSELY-461C1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode \/ \u003cstrong\u003e656605046181\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtist \/ \u003cstrong\u003eWesley Joseph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLabel \/ \u003cb\u003eSecretly Canadian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre \/ \u003cb\u003eHip Hop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40583227867197,"sku":"HIP-J-656605046181","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1487\/4550\/products\/656605046181.jpg?v=1681835431"},{"product_id":"pre-order-wesley-joseph-forever-ends-someday-colored-vinyl-release-date-04-10-2026","title":"Wesley Joseph - Forever Ends Someday [Natural Color Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnguarded, wholly realised and entirely his own - Wesley Joseph's long-awaited debut album sees the singer, songwriter, producer and director at his most confidently vulnerable, expressing the many layers of his creative life journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is 'Forever Ends Someday': 13 tracks of self-examination cut with expansive escapism. On the Danny Brown feature \"Peace of Mind\", meanwhile, Joseph blasts through his anxieties and delivers a bass-rattling anthem with confidence and reassurance, \"July\" finds Joseph collaborate with Jorja Smith as the pair perform a rejoiceful callback, recorded in their hometown of Walsall, reminiscing on how far they've come, as well as all they have lost. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree years in the making, Joseph took time away from the spotlight to find his story, choosing to pursue the honesty of his art rather than capitalising on career momentum - with highlights including a sold-out headline date at London's KOKO and a sold-out North American tour. \"I just treated the record like a vessel, throwing things into it from my life all the time,\" he says. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title Forever Ends Someday refers to the fleeting beauty of the present moment - \"the idea that when you're young things will last forever but then you grow up to realise youth is borrowed,\" Joseph explains - the album's tracks depict an honest reflection of human experience through both the light and dark. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded between London, Walsall, Los Angeles and \"halfway up a mountain in Switzerland,\" Joseph enlisted a core team of collaborators and co-producers to execute his vision over the three years of writing. He worked closely with composer Nicholas Jaar (The Weeknd, FKA Twigs), who lent his soundscaping sensibility to several tracks, producer Harvey Dweller (Loyle Carner, Joy Crookes), Mercury Prize-nominated Tev'n (Rina Sawayama, SBTRKT), A. K. 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