Peggy Gou kan endelig løfte sløret for sit debutalbum – I Hear You ude d. 7/6
I dag kan den banebrydende artist, producer, DJ og kulturelle fænomen Peggy Gou annoncere udgivelsen af sit, mildest talt, ventede debutalbum. I Hear You udkommer d. 7. juni 2024 på XL Recordings / Playground Music.
Albummets 10 tracks er en kulmination på mange års arbejde for den koreanskfødte artist, der startede sin karriere som et undergrunds ikon frem til i dag hvor Peggy vel nærmest er en global sensation. I Hear You indeholder både det verdensomspændende, chart-toppende hit ’(It Goes Like) Nanana’ fra 2023 samt Gous samarbejde med Lenny Kravitz, ’I Believe in Love Again’. På albummet tager Peggy Gou skridtet op til næste niveau, og indtager sin plads med sin 90’er inspirerede house musik.
Om I Hear You fortæller Peggy Gou:
“I Hear You is more than just my debut album. It embodies countless hours of dedication in my journey to create something timeless, and is a testament to the power of listening, to ourselves and to each other.”
For at fejre nyheden, udgiver Peggy Gou i dag sin nye single ’1+1=11’. En festivalshymne, der hylder sammenhold verden over og samler folk på dansegulvet. ’1+1=11’ kommer samtidig med en musikvideo, der er blevet til i samarbejde med den anerkendte islandsk-danske kunstner og artist, og ikke mindst, Gous ven gennem længere tid, Olafur Eliasson. Videoen er instrueret af Eliasson, der også bærer hovedrollen, og det er samtidig Eliassons første musikvideo nogensinde. Olafur Eliasson er blandt andet kendt for værkerne The weather project (2003), The New York City Waterfalls (2008) og Ice Watch (2014). Han er ofte inspireret af naturens systemer, personificerede oplevelser og bevægelse, en disciplin han forelskede sig i som breakdanser i sine teenageår.
Se videoen og lyt til ’1+1=11’ her.
Om videoen fortæller Olafur Eliasson:
“Dance is transformative! It bends and reshapes our relationship with time and space. When I was a teenager, breakdancing changed my life. I was into popping, moving like a robot, and doing the electric boogie. Street dance enabled me to explore the space of my body in relation to the world around me. I came to realise that by moving, I could change space. I could change what I saw and what I sensed. And these experiences actually proved foundational for my later artistic work.
Sculpture and dance are both non-verbal languages. Sometimes in order to communicate, you simply have to move. That’s what happened when I first met Peggy. We were having lunch, talking about our shared interests in psychosonics, rhythm, and movement, and to show her the moves I was talking about, I stood up in the restaurant to dance. I was thrilled that she later asked me to dance on video for one of her upcoming releases and to develop the visual language for it. By bringing together dance – embodied exploration of space – with colourful shadows, lights, and mirrors, I was able to bring some of the key interests that have long shaped my art into an entirely new context. Working together has been rewarding and a lot of fun!”
I Hear You
1. Your Art
2. Back To One
3. I Believe In Love Again (with Lenny Kravitz)
4. All That (feat. Villano Antillano)
5. (It Goes Like) Nanana
6. Lobster Telephone
7. Seoulsi Peggygou (서울시페기구)
8. I Go
9. Purple Horizon
10. 1+1=11