#James Blake Announces New Album and 2021 Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch

James Blake has announced his new album. Friends ThatBreak Your Heart, which follows 2020’s Before and Covers EPs and his 2019 album Assume Form, is out September 10 (via Republic). Today, he’s shared the video for a new single. The visual for “Say What You Will” stars musician, songwriter, and producer Finneas. Blake has also announced a tour that will take him across the United States this fall. Find those dates and watch the video below.

“The song is about finding peace with who you are and where you’re at regardless of how well other people seem to be doing,” Blake said of “Say What You Will” in a statement. “Comparison really is the thief of joy.”

Read about James Blake in Pitchfork’s feature “How Indie Went Pop—and Pop Went Indie—in the 2010s.”

Content

Friends That Break Your Heart:

01 Famous Last Words
02 Life Is Not The Same
03 Coming Back [ft. SZA]04 Funeral
05 Frozen [ft. J.I.D and SwaVay]06 I’m So Blessed You’re Mine
07 Foot Forward
08 Show Me [ft. Monica Martin]09 Say What You Will
10 Lost Angel Nights
11 Friends That Break Your Heart
12 If I’m Insecure

James Blake:

09-16 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
09-19 San Francisco, CA – Greek Theatre
09-21 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
09-22 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
09-25 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
09-28 Denver, CO – The Fillmore
09-30 Minneapolis, MN – The State Theatre
10-02 Detroit, MI – Fillmore Auditorium
10-03 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
10-06 Boston, MA – Boch Center Wang Theatre
10-08 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
10-09 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
10-12 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
10-14 Charlotte, NC – Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
10-15 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle