Enshrined within an unstoppable break-out year of accolades, including multiple sell-out tours, U.S. late-night television debut and a recent run of dates across the U.S. and Europe, Genesis Owusu makes his returning statement and stellar follow-up on “GTFO”. A lullaby-like choir warbles on loop like a fantasy film’s opening credits, mysterious and cinematically thrilling, before Kofi unlocks his first verse atop its eerie echo. An unmistakable warmth and spoken word from Kofi leads the track to a bridge and chorus, its analog instrumentation co-written by Genesis and a smaller version of his recording band including Michael DiFrancesco (Touch Sensitive), Jono Ma and OURNESS label founder, Andrew Klippel. Produced by Andrew Klippel, Dann Hume and Jono Ma, and mixed by Spike Stent, the accompaniment shifts with the band leader’s groove, as Kofi yells ‘get the fuck out’ over a marching beat and a crash of cymbals, kept in razor-sharp time.
The single comes accompanied by a music video directed by Rhett Wade-Ferrell aka Uncle Friendly. The clip opens to Owusu kneeling in prayer before a candle-lit shrine as he recites the song's opening lines. After an escaped cockroach breaks his attention, the remainder of the video sees Owusu driven insane as he hunts down the insect, wreaking havoc to the house in the process.
As an exponentially rising talent, Genesis Owusu has defied genre and style to keep the limelight burning following the release of his debut album,Smiling With No Teeth in March 2021. Owusu celebrated its release with a sold-out 22 date tour in 2021 alongside his Goon Club, before another sold-out national theatre tour with The Black Dog Band (his recording band) in 2022. Next, Owusu jetted to the United States for his first ever international tour, performing 16 shows with his Goons. Owusu also made his U.S. late night television debut on The Late Show with StephenColbert. He recently embarked on a 13-date European tour with sold-out stops in London, Dublin, Amsterdam and Berlin’s Berghain, as well as performed at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound. After his Splendour in the Grassperformance in July, he’s headed back to North America for performances at Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Osheaga Festival in Montreal with supporting dates for Glass Animals in between, alongside This Ain’t No Picnic in California and Austin City Limits, as well as a string of shows in Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Mesa and Santa Fe supporting Khuranghbin. Genesis Owusu then returns to Australia to support Tame Impala on their Australian tour throughout October, before further festival appearances at Spilt Milk, Lost Paradise and Falls Festival.
