Kelela will take her next album, New Avatar, on the road this fall. Over the weekend she also shared “Point Blank,” the latest single from the LP. Check that out below, along with a full rundown of tour dates.
In “Point Blank,” Kelela sings about the misogynoir she’s experienced in relationships with men. “I first outline the baseline dynamic, which is that we’re expected to endure men’s inability to self-regulate,” she says in a statement. “The fantasy many of us are invested in is one where we do such a good job of holding space that it starts to rub off on our partner over time, eventually inducing some sort of revelation and building their emotional maturity. Yet the more we pour into men, the more entitled they become.”
New Avatar will feature collaborations with PinkPantheress, A. K. Paul, and Fousheé, Last year, Kelela released the live album In the Blue Light.
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Kelela:
09-08 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
09-09 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
09-13 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
09-15 Austin, TX – Emo’s
09-16 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
09-17 Houston, TX – House of Blues
09-21 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
09-23 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
09-24 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
09-27 San Francisco, CA – Portola Music Festival*
10-05 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
10-06 Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
10-07 Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
10-09 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
10-11 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
10-13 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
10-14 Charlotte, NC – The Underground
10-15 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
10 16-17 Miami, FL – III Points
10-21 Lisbon, Portugal – LAV
10-22 Madrid, Spain – Sala Lab/Wagon
10-23 Barcelona, Spain – La Paloma
10-27 Paris, France – Élysée Montmartre
10-28 Cologne, Germany – Stollwerk
10-29 Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
10-31 Turin, Italy – C2C Festival
11-02 Brussels, Belgium – La Madeleine
11-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
11-04 London, United Kingdom – O2 Academy Brixton
