{"id":2364542,"date":"2026-04-08T19:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2364542"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:14:32","slug":"kelela-returns-with-new-song-idea-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kelela-returns-with-new-song-idea-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelela Returns With New Song &#8216;idea 1&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_60\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Kelela is back. Produced by Oscar Scheller, the polymath\u2019s transfixing new single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/warp.net\/kelela-idea1\">\u2018idea 1\u2019<\/a> arrives with a music video directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/91rules.online\">91 Rules<\/a> (Erik Saltzman and Cameron Tidball-Sciullo). Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018idea 1\u2019 is about what it feels like to exist in this climate \u2014 the weight of being expected to witness, absorb, and speak truth at a time when the world feels like it\u2019s unraveling,\u201d Kelela explained in a press release. \u201cThat\u2019s a particular kind of burden Black women know intimately. This song doesn\u2019t offer answers, it just refuses to look away. Co-writing it with my best friend Janiva Ellis, hearing Oscar\u2019s production give it shape, and then watching 91 Rules bring that tension to life visually feels like the beginning of a much larger conversation I\u2019m ready to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelela\u2019s second album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/2023\/02\/08\/album-review-kelela-raven\/\"><em>Raven<\/em><\/a>, arrived in 2023. It was followed by a remix collection in 2024 and a jazz reimagining of her catalog, <em>In the Blue Light<\/em>, last year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelela - idea 1 (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2IpeDPmjFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelela - idea 1 (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2IpeDPmjFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ourculturemag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelela is back. Produced by Oscar Scheller, the polymath\u2019s transfixing new single \u2018idea 1\u2019 arrives with a music video directed by 91 Rules (Erik Saltzman and Cameron Tidball-Sciullo). 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