Kaiser Chiefs have launched ‘Jealousy’ — the most recent single to be taken from their upcoming album. Test it out beneath.
The brand new monitor is the second launch from the rock veterans’ upcoming eighth studio album, following on from the lead single ‘How 2 Dance’, which was launched final November.
“We’ve spent the final 20 years making tunes, some have been hits, some have been the alternative of hits,” mentioned frontman Ricky Wilson, discussing the only. “As a musician, as soon as all the fear and worry of failure is eliminated, all that’s left is the liberty and enjoyable. It’s the rationale we began, so I have to offer you a warning, upon getting heard ‘Jealousy’, you gained’t have the ability to get it out of your head!”
At time of writing, the title of the upcoming album has not been introduced, nevertheless, the band have confirmed that it’s anticipated to be launched later this 12 months. Kaiser Chiefs are additionally set to embark on a string of upcoming UK and European tour dates this summer season.
The tour will kick off in Cornwall subsequent month, earlier than the members carry out two pageant appearances in June, and later proceed a sequence of reside dates all through July and August. Discover a full checklist of upcoming reveals and remaining tickets right here.
The upcoming album follows Kaiser Chiefs’ final full-length LP, ‘Duck’, which was launched in 2019. In accordance with press, the album sees the five-piece stepping right into a “renewed highlight” in comparison with their final album, and changing their early ‘00s-inspired euphoria for a sequence of “hook-heightened” dancefloor belters.
Written by the band members, ‘Jealousy’ was additionally co-created with Lewis Thompson, Henry Tucker (Anne Marie, Aitch), and RISC (Cat Burns, Mimi Webb).
Final 12 months, Wilson spoke to NME concerning the upcoming launch and the story behind the lead single – which was impressed by the band’s work with Nile Rogers in 2021. “Nile Rodgers is a power to be reckoned with. He does make you concentrate on dancing quite a bit! He’s an incredible man to put in writing songs with,” he mentioned.
“We haven’t been going for so long as Nile [has], however the best way he places on a present nonetheless… we’re nonetheless doing that, and [Rodgers’ longevity has] made me suppose, ‘Nicely, we are able to stick with it for so long as we would like and be like Nile if we wish to be.’”