Kele Okereke teases new Bloc Party album will be “very personal and confessional” at end of “a relationship with someone that wasn’t honest”

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Kele Okereke has opened up about a new Bloc Party album and teased that it will be “very personal and confessional”.In a new interview with Billboard, the musician opened up about his recently released solo album ‘The Singing Winds Pt.

3’ which marked the third instalment in Okereke’s series called ‘The Elements’, a string of solo albums by the Bloc Party frontman that originated in lockdown.Previous releases in the series include ‘The Waves Pt.

1’ in 2021 and ‘The Flames Pt. 2’ in 2023. Speaking to the outlet, Okereke discussed the vulnerability within the album and revealed how that emotion will make its way onto Bloc Party’s next project.A post shared by Kele (@kele)“There are moments of vulnerability in this record, and throughout my career I’ve always written from an emotional place, but in the past things would be hidden in abstraction and just glimpses of my personal life; for the most part I’ve been quite guarded in things,” he began.He continued: “With this next Bloc Party record, it’s very personal and confessional, and I’ve never really done that as a songwriter.

I’ve always preferred an element of distance. But in the past year I’ve been through quite an unbelievable time and had some very difficult relationships with people, and this is the only place to put all of that.”“This next [Bloc Party] record I’m making will be about the study of a fleeting relationship from start to finish.