{"id":2436989,"date":"2026-05-29T14:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2436989"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:18:48","slug":"ezra-collective-announce-new-album-here-because-of-hope-with-euphoric-single-only-love-featuring-pa-salieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ezra-collective-announce-new-album-here-because-of-hope-with-euphoric-single-only-love-featuring-pa-salieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezra Collective announce new album &#8216;Here Because Of Hope&#8217; with euphoric single &#8216;Only Love&#8217; featuring Pa Salieu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ezra-collective\">Ezra Collective<\/a> have announced their fourth studio album, \u2018Here Because Of Hope\u2019, and shared a new single featuring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pa-salieu\">Pa Salieu<\/a>. Listen to \u2018Only Love\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p>The London jazz group will release the follow-up to 2024\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/ezra-collective-dance-no-ones-watching-review-3797534\">\u2018Dance, No One\u2019s Watching\u2019<\/a> on September 18 via Partisan. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ezracollective.lnk.to\/onlylove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Per a press release, the upcoming 17-track record is an \u201cexpansive, emotional and deeply rhythmic\u201d project. The record boasts excerpts read by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/bafta\">BAFTA<\/a>-winning actor Letitia Wright, as well as contributions from Lila Ik\u00e9, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/leona-lewis\">Leona Lewis<\/a> and Libianca.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Here Because Of Hope\u2019 sees Ezra Collective \u201cpush the boundaries of contemporary British music while remaining rooted in the community, spirituality and collective energy that has defined them from the very beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The euphoric \u2018Only Love\u2019 marks the band\u2019s first collaboration with Salieu, with both acts\u2019 material being influenced by diasporic identity, rhythm and storytelling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ezra Collective - Only Love feat. Pa Salieu (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ziixar3gqI?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<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ezra Collective - Only Love (feat. Pa Salieu) | Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend 2026 @EzraCollective\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLY-1tUzPR0?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>It is built around West African-inspired grooves, featuring horns and some deeply personal lyrics courtesy of Salieu, and finding beauty in resilience, joy and survival.<\/p>\n<p>Bandleader Femi Koleoso explained: \u201cPa Salieu has been a musician that we have long admired in Ezra Collective. Not just because of his incredible lyricism and storytelling but also his ability to weave in his Gambian heritage and roots into such a distinctly UK sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2024, we had the beautiful moment <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ezra-collective-share-fiery-new-single-ajala-and-announce-uk-and-european-tour-3750237\">playing at Wembley Arena<\/a>, looking out into the crowd and seeing Pa Salieu dancing and partying with his friends and in that moment, I had the very thought we need to make a song together for this kind of setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent some time studying West African music, studying Gambian music, and let that influence the bassline of this track and the drumbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWe linked up with Pa in Wood Green and immediately his stories started to flow. He came with a bunch of lyrics that he had from a really hard time he went through, but in those lyrics were so many stories of pain but also beauty, joy and love, and we were trying to find that beautiful place in the middle of those two things, and that\u2019s how we came about this song.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY5BpigjV6N\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for \u2018Here Because Of Hope\u2019 on the whole, Ezra Collective described the forthcoming record as \u201creally prominent and beautiful\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like our first records were really Ezra Collective as children; this one really feels like Ezra Collective as adults,\u201d they went on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been so many moments of joy, so many moments of excitement, but at the same time, it\u2019s impossible not to look at the world and feel deep pain and sadness, and we were really determined to write an album that still sees the prominent importance and final destination being joy, but also recognises the pain and the momentary difficulties that people are facing.<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cThis album is the journey from that pain to joy, and the connective word in the middle is hope. We hope that this album makes people dance, we hope it makes people cry. There are stories woven into every single fabric of the record, and those stories [are] most eloquently put by five adults that met as children.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ezra Collective on plans for Mercury celebrations and winning over a new generation of jazz fans\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uUrvdLZ0Fqw?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<h3><strong>The tracklist for Ezra Collective\u2019s \u2018Here Because Of Hope\u2019 is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. \u2018Part 1\u2019 (read by Letitia Wright) <\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018Blow Your Trumpet\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>3. \u2018Sweet Echo\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>4. \u2018Don\u2019t Worry\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>5. \u2018Only Love\u2019 feat. Pa Salieu <\/strong><br \/><strong>6. \u2018Someday\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>7. \u2018Part 2\u2019 (read by Letitia Wright) <\/strong><br \/><strong>8. \u2018Birdie Sings\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>9. \u2018The Last Stand\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>10. \u2018Well Organised\u2019 feat. Lila Ik\u00e9 <\/strong><br \/><strong>11. \u2018El Coraz\u00f3n\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>12. \u2018Bunny On The Rise\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>13. \u2018Part 3\u2019 (read by Letitia Wright) <\/strong><br \/><strong>14. \u2018All I Need\u2019 feat. Leona Lewis <\/strong><br \/><strong>15. \u2018Jubilee Feeling\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>16. \u2018Black Flag\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>17. \u2018Most High\u2019 feat. Libianca<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ezra Collective and Salieu played \u2018Only Love\u2019 when they headlined the New Music Stage\u00a0at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/radio-one-big-weekend-2026-olivia-dean-cmat-niall-horan-lead-latest-line-up-3933718\">Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend<\/a> last week. They\u2019ll appear at numerous European and UK festivals this summer, including Lincolnshire\u2019s Lost Village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ezra-collective-brits-interview-community-legacy-wembley-arena-show-3843147\">Speaking to <em>NME<\/em> at last year\u2019s BRIT Awards<\/a> \u2013 where they bagged the trophy for Group Of The Year \u2013 Koleoso said: \u201cIf\u00a0someone is here because Ezra Collective went into their school and inspired them, then we will last forever. So will they, if they do the same. 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Listen to \u2018Only Love\u2019 below. The London jazz group will release the follow-up to 2024\u2019s \u2018Dance, No One\u2019s Watching\u2019 on September 18 via Partisan. Pre-order\/pre-save here. 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