Rahim Redcar (FKA Christine and the Queens) announces new album ‘Hopecore’ with high-octane single ‘Deep Holes’

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Christine and the Queens, has announced a new album ‘Hopecore’, alongside the release of the new single ‘Deep Holes’. Check it out below.‘Hopecore’, will be released in only one week’s time on September 27, and is entirely written, produced and mixed by Redcar.He shared that the record was made with “tears, blood, and mostly an unwavering faith in the raw, pure expression of the soul.”“Music took here its full prophetic vastness, got wilder, and called for an absolute quest where no one else came in to tamper with intentions,” he continued. “A call of the flesh, a prayer for justice and freedom.”To celebrate, Redcare has shared an anthemic single, ‘Deep Holes’.

Built around an intoxicating, pulsating beat, the track spotlights Redcar’s haunting vocals as he sings: “Never had this faith in me /That I could be that man /Yeah Yeah Yeah /Felt in disguise as I walked past, And you could be that guy.”Check it out below:Redcar is set to perform ‘Hopecore’ in full in a string of yet-to-be-announced club dates.1. ‘FORGIVE 8888888’2. ‘ELEVATE’3. ‘INS8DE OF ME’4. ‘DEEP HOLES’5. ‘RED BIRDMAN EMERGENCY’6. ‘OPERA – I UNDERSTAND’7. ‘MANUELA DANSE’Earlier this year, Redcar performed at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony.

He sang the French classic ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’, and then closed the show with a rendition of ‘Born To Be Alive’.In April, he released ‘rentrer chez moi’, a dreamy song that lyrically sees Chris wishing to return home.

It marked the first single since the release of his 2023 album ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’.‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’ was released in June of year and featured the likes of Madonna, 070 Shake and Mike Dean.