Little Simz: Last News

Little Simz has shared details of two new shows, which will mark her biggest headline UK dates yet. Find the details below.It comes as the artist is gearing up to share a new album called ‘Lotus’ later this year.

Little Simz has delayed the release of her upcoming album ‘Lotus’, citing “scheduling of shooting a movie” as the reason.Originally due to be released on May 9, the album’s release date has now been pushed back to June 6 and will be out via AWAL Recordings. Simz shared the news of the ‘Lotus’ delay on Instagram, saying that it has to be done “due to a scheduling of shooting a movie that just came in.”She added: “Not ideal for me or you I know, trust me I’ve tried many ways around it but just means I can’t do the film otherwise.

Cillian Murphy has released a playlist of music he is currently listening to, titled ‘Spring Sessions’, via his production company.Posting on Instagram, Big Things Films wrote: “We made it – it’s officially spring! It’s beginning to bloom here at Big Things, so here’s a fresh new playlist from Cillian to bring in the brighter days. Enjoy”.The link leads to a diverse 23-track playlist, which is available below. Highlights include ‘People Watching’ by Sam Fender, ‘Love Of Country’ by Irish post-punk outfit The Murder Capital, The Velvet Underground track ‘Run Run Run’, ‘Flood’ by Little Simz, and ‘Feel Flows’ by The Beach Boys.A post shared by Big Things Films (@bigthingsfilms)Big Things is a production company founded by Irish producer Alan Moloney and Oscar winner Murphy.

Little Simz is set to play a one-off orchestral show at London’s Meltdown 2025, with the first wave of names revealed today for the Southbank Centre event.The British artist was previously revealed to be curating a boundary-breaking line-up for this year’s edition of the 11-day festival, and will be taking to the stage herself as one of the performers.She will be joined by the Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra Chineke! Orchestra for a unique performance in the Royal Festival Hall on June 22, featuring hits from across her catalogue as well as tracks from her upcoming sixth studio album ‘Lotus’, which is set for release on 9 May via AWAL Recordings.Scheduled between Thursday June 12 and Sunday June 22, the event will include a number of live performances from artists hand-selected by Little Simz, as well as two weekends of free participatory programming featuring grassroots collectives and local organisations.A post shared by simz (@littlesimz)The first wave of names set to take part in the 2025 edition of Meltdown Festival were shared today (March 24), and include The Streets, viral hit ‘Messy’ singer Lola Young, Ghetts, Jon Batiste, Sasha Keable with Flames Collective and Little Dragon’s Yukimi.“Little Simz’ first taste of what’s to come from her Meltdown hugely embodies the wealth of influences and inspirations across her work,” said Jane Beese, Head of Contemporary Music at Southbank.

Little Simz has reportedly sued the producer and SAULT member Inflo over a £1.7million loan.The UK rapper – real name Simbiatu Ajikawo – first filed the claim against her former producer in January. This saw her accuse him of withholding loans she had made to him for over a year, as well as claiming that he did not properly account for funds provided by Sony to cover recording costs.According to Law360, the loans allegedly total £1.7million.The producer’s real name is Dean Cover and he also helms the music collective SAULT.

Don't look now, but Yung Lean could be flirting with a tradcath reinvention. His recent appearance on the hit viral series SubwayTakes, wearing a massive crucifix and extolling the virtues of a quiet family life and decrying the "Diddy-ness" of modern partying, reflect a broader cultural shift: what was once considered liberated is increasingly seen as depraved and hollow. It's disconcerting, even if the concerns are not entirely misplaced: the music industry is full of demons (not literal ones, conspiracy theorists, but close) who require more than just a bit of burning sage.

Little Simz has announced her new album ‘Lotus’ and has shared the menacing new song ‘Flood’.Produced by Miles Clinton James, the album’s lead single features a thunderous drum beat as Simz raps: “Number One is play your position / Don’t trust all the hands that you shake / If I put the wrong code in the system / Won’t be no permanent change,” with a husky snarl.‘Flood’ also sees Simz team up with her long-time collaborators Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly. Directed by Salomon Ligthelm, the song’s accompanying black-and-white video sees the rapper dressed as a matador alongside a man who is dressed the same.

Little Simz has been announced as curating the 2025 edition of Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre.The British artist is set to curate a boundary-breaking line-up for this year’s edition of the 11-day festival, and will be taking to the stage herself as one of the performers.Scheduled between Thursday June 12 and Sunday June 22, the event will include a number of live performances from artists hand-selected by Little Simz, as well as two weekends of free participatory programming featuring grassroots collectives and local organisations.The first wave of names set to take part in the 2025 edition of Meltdown Festival will be announced later this spring.“I’m super excited to be the 2025 Meltdown festival curator! My team and I are preparing 11 days of art, music, workshops and more,” Little Simz said in a new statement. “So many incredible artists have curated this festival so it’s a true honour to be a part of it.

Little Simz has shared a cryptic message, leading many fans to speculate a new album is on the way.The English-Nigerian rapper has not released a studio album since ‘NO THANK YOU’ in December 2022, but she closed out 2024 with new single ‘Hello, Hi’ and hinted that there would be more to come in 2025.Now, she has shared a series of new pics of herself on her Instagram page with the cryptic caption: “LOADING.”The post got her fans excited with many of them speculating that new album is set to drop, in the comments section.A post shared by simz (@littlesimz)“Does this mean there’s an album coming,” one wrote while another added: “New Simz drop to shake the whole shit up?”A third added: “We’re album ready.”NME awarded ‘NO THANK YOU’ four stars in 2022, writing: “‘NO THANK YOU’s quiet, understated release provides parallels to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Untitled Unmastered’ release from 2016, a series of leftovers from his ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ sessions. That too had a certain looseness and freedom to the tracks, and, much like Lamar, a clear-headed Simz has something to say urgently.

Little Simz presented hip-hop legend Busta Rhymes with the Global Icon Award at tonight’s 2024 MTV EMAs – watch footage below.The awards ceremony went down at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena on Sunday night (November 10). Rhymes was the recipient of the prestigious Global Icon award, which has previously been won by the likes of Queen, Eminem, Liam Gallagher, U2 and Whitney Houston.During his acceptance speech at the ceremony, Busta revealed that he had never been to the Europe Music Awards before.

Wretch 32 has returned with powerful new single ‘Black and British’ featurng Little Simz and Benjamin A.D – and described his new album as for those who “need soul food and need something to fulfil them, that have messages and will help them grow”‘Black and British’ is the lead single from the Tottenham rapper’s upcoming seventh studio album; bravely dealing with complicated nuances and circumstances at the heart of the Black British experience. Produced by WAVSDNTDIE, the song has been released in time for Black History Month in the UK and sees Wretch and Simz explore topics such as marginalisation, heritage, and pride.Meeks and Frost directed the accompanying music video for ‘Black and British’, in which Wretch 32 recites his lyrics against the backdrop of an exhibition showcasing archival photos of Black British culture at the V&A East museum.

Coldplay‘s Chris Martin has made a surprise appearance in Dublin with Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and TINI – check out the moment below.Martin made the appearance last night (August 28) on Dublin’s Grafton Street for an impromptu performance of the band’s new track, ‘We Pray’. The band gave the song its live debut during their headline set at Glastonbury 2024 in June, with Simz and Elyanna joining them for the performance.The Coldplay frontman drew a huge crowd by performing the song alongside rapper Little Simz, Burna Boy, Palestinian-Chilean R&B musician Elyanna and Argentine musician TINI.Coldplay are currently in Dublin where the group will play four sold-out concerts at Croke Park, as part of their ongoing ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour.Watch the moment here:WE PRAY.

Coldplay have released the latest single from new album ‘Moon Music’ in the form of ‘We Pray’, featuring Burna Boy, Little Simz, Elyanna and Tini – check it out below.Last week, the band confirmed the tracklist for their upcoming 10th studio album, which will be released on October 4 (pre-order it here). The band had already shared the lead single ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ last month and have also previewed another track ‘Good Feelings’ on stage in Rome.At the same time, they shared a snippet of another new song ‘We Pray’, and now that song is available in full, complete with its guest appearances.

Coldplay is teaming up with music superstars from around the world for their new single!

Little Simz has joined forces with the Tate Modern and is set to curate an evening of Lates this month.Taking place on the last Saturday of the month (August 31), the collaboration will see the award-winning rapper, singer and actor take over the London gallery with a specially curated evening of music, workshops and conversations.It comes as part of the ongoing series of Tate Modern Lates offered by the art gallery, which gives visitors the opportunity to attend for a free evening of art, music, film and more, “where like-minded people can come together in the heart of London’s cultural landscape”.For one night only at the end of August, the exclusive night will be designed by Simz herself, and will also see her join broadcaster Clara Amfo to speak to visitors about her inspirations and her relationship with visual art.“I’m incredibly excited to be curating an evening at Tate Modern. It’s going to be really special,” the rapper said in a new statement.

Coldplay have announced a new single, ‘We Pray’, featuring artists including Little Simz and Burna Boy, weeks after first showcasing it at Glastonbury.The five-piece made the announcement on social media this afternoon (August 6), sharing that the track will be out on August 23 and features Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna and Argentine singer Tini as well as the aforementioned artists.It’ll be the second single from their upcoming tenth studio album, ‘Moon Music’, set for release on October 4. It follows lead single ‘Feels Like I’m Falling In Love’, which came out on June 21.

Sampha has released ‘Satellite Business 2.0’, an expanded version of his ‘Lahai’ track, now featuring Little Simz. Listen to the track below.The new single expands upon ‘Satellite Business’, which served as an interlude on Sampha’s 2023 sophomore album.

Sampha has announced a collaboration with Little Simz called ‘Satellite Business 2.0’.The new song seems to be a continuation to the original ‘Satellite Business’, which appeared on Sampha’s latest record ‘Lahai’.Now, the soul singer has teamed up with rapper Little Simz for a song together, which is set for release on July 16.The duo have not previously released any collaborations, though Little Simz appeared as a guest performer during Sampha’s huge set at Ally Pally in April this year.A post shared by Sampha (@sampha)Sampha recently appeared on the stacked guest feature lineup for Headie One’s new album, where Skrillex, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Aitch and more also made an appearance.Speaking to NME about ‘The Last Ones’, Headie One shared: “It’s the last one but it’s not the last one you know? This album is about the place we come from, the negative things that happened and that are still in effect today so I’m giving a lot of home truths in this one.”He continued: “When I was making this album, I realised I was at the point I wanted to be when I dreamed about making music to actually doing it. Back then, I was in a different mindframe and needed to experience life before things were going good with the music.

Paloma Faith has hit out at critics of Glastonbury 2024’s female performers, calling the social media response “absolutely appalling”.Faith, who performed on the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 30), mentioned artists such as Little Simz, Janelle Monae, Dua Lipa and SZA in a post responding to backlash levelled at female artists over the weekend.Dua Lipa, who performed on Friday (June 28) was accused of miming, while SZA’s headline slot on Sunday was plagued by audio issues and an uncharacteristically small crowd.The day after performing her comparatively smoother set, during which she covered Amy Winehouse, Faith took to X/Twitter to say: “The way people criticise the women who performed at @glastonbury online is absolutely appalling.”The way people criticise the women who performed at @glastonbury online is absolutely appalling.I think people need to understand that women are not on stage to be ridiculed and shamed we are there in all our boss bitch power and we stand by one another.GIVE WOMEN A BREAK pic.twitter.com/goleam3XQY— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) July 1, 2024Personally I watched women perform my fave shows of Glastonbury @LittleSimz @JanelleMonae @sza and @DUALIPA were my faves for entertainment power and talent that I managed to catch this year and Janelle's speech about marginalised Communities got me in the heart.— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) July 1, 2024 “I think people need to understand that women are not on stage to be ridiculed and shamed we are there in all our boss bitch power and we stand by one another.

Little Simz’s guitarist as she took Glastonbury 2024 by storm.The rapper played the Pyramid Stage (June 29) last night, accompanied by her band for some of her set. She introduced her guitarist as Jack Peñate – the same Peñate who found success as an indie singer-songwriter in the 2000s.Fans reacted with shock at the news on social media, one saying that “Jack Penate looking like Billy Ray Cyrus in Little Simz’s band was not on my bingo card,” while another said, “Jack Peñate 1) playing guitar for Little Simz 2) looking like a WWE superstar from 2005 is fully spinning me.”One viewer replied that they’d been “Googling since she introduced the band trying to figure out if she did say what I thought she said.”I've been googling since she introduced the band trying to figure out if she did say what I thought she said.

Michael J Fox made a surprise appearance at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival on Saturday (June 29) in Somerset, England.