James Blake has teased new music.
The 37-year-old singer-songwriter – who has not released a full length album since Playing Robots Into Heaven in 2023 – took to Instagram to share a clip of his upcoming music.
The 30 second video, with the caption “I think we might be sleeping”, shows James sitting in a recording studio listening to the song.
Meanwhile, back in 2024, James revealed he had quit his record label in order to take full control of his music.
He was previously signed to A+M Record for his self-titled debut LP and then to Republic Records for the albums Overgrown (2013), The Colour In Anything (2016), Assume Form (2019), Friends That Break Your Heart (2021) and Playing Robots Into Heaven.
But he decided to become an independent artist and took to Instagram to share that he was feeling “good” but “scared” after choosing to go it alone.
He posted: “After over a decade on a label it feels scary to go independent but here we are. As someone who hates spam, I promise not to send you annoying emails. Just trying to break free of the algorithm gods gatekeeping art. Speak soon…”
He added: “It feels good to be independent because I’ve wanted to take things into my own hands for a long time”
It came after Blake called on record labels to “fund therapy” for their artists to help them cope with the pressures of the industry.
He wrote on X: “You shouldn’t get to profit from our trauma without helping with the pitfalls of it. Live agents and managing companies too. All of them have a vested interest in the artist becoming more successful, which means disconnected from support systems/family/friends by being thrown into a strange, disconnected world of touring and parasocial media.
“I’m not suggesting a label provide their sanctioned therapist to be clear just that they should fund therapy.”
