Jorja Smith has announced the details of her album, falling or flying, the artist’s full-length will drop on September 29th 2023 via FAMM. Alongside the announcement, Jorja has also unveiled the album’s artwork; a portrait of her, shot on film by the prestigious British photographer, Liz Johnson Artur. Ahead of the release Smith has shared the singles “Try Me” and “Little Things.”

Much of the creative energy that shaped the album emerged from studio sessions with the producer duo DAMEDAME* back in her hometown of Walsall, where, to Jorja, the heart is. The album is both a sonic and an emotional tour of where she’s been, and what she’s been about, in the two years since she dropped her latest offering, Be Right Back. “It touches on breakups, relationships with my friends, relationships with old friends, relationships with myself.” She says. “It’s definitely about a lot of relationships, but every song I write I can sing it to myself.

I like this world that I’ve just come into. And I’m still figuring things out. Always figuring things out. This is the first time I’m putting stuff out there that I can connect with right now.” Over the last few years, it’s been a reflective and transformative step into her mid twenties for her. She’s been able to step into herself and evolve as a songwriter and a woman despite an ever-changing musical landscape.

While she recognises that the global pandemic has been completely devastating, she acknowledges that it allowed her to stay still, to come more into herself, and to be more in control of the person she is, and of her musical output. Like some of the legendary musicians that came before her, Jorja is looking at the chaos and disorder in the world right now with resourceful, refined eyes, and she sees the glorious opportunity and enormous responsibility that affords.

Jorja Smith 2023 Tour Dates 2023

Thursday 28th September – Pryzm, Kingston (with Banquet)
Saturday 30th September – Level, Nottingham (with Rough Trade)
Wednesday 4th October – Outernet, London (with Rough Trade)
Monday 9th October – SWX, Bristol (with Rough Trade)

Pre-order Falling or Flying by Jorja Smith HERE