Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4 is out now on (Hajanga/Interscope/Decca).
What first began as an ambitious idea to make one massive album erupted into an epic and unparalleled four-part series that for the past seven years has encompassed every genre under the sun. It culminates in a grand finale, with the final instalment out now. Spanning 53 songs and nearly 50 guest artists, a GRAMMY® Album of the Year nomination for Vol. 3 and three GRAMMY® wins, plus hundreds of musicians and orchestra members that represent sounds from nearly every corner of the globe - Djesse is an impressive feat from Collier, deemed “the colorful Mozart of Gen-Z” by the New York Times, and one of the moment’s most in-demand forces of creativity.
Djesse Vol. 4 features a star-studded ensemble and Collier has released a number of singles and music videos: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly) Camilo, “Witness Me” feat. Shawn Mendes, Stormzy & Kirk Franklin, “Wherever I Go” feat. Michael McDonald & Lawrence, “Little Blue” feat. Brandi Carlile, “Never Gonna Be Alone” feat. John Mayer & Lizzy McAlpine, and a co-write with Remi Wolf. The album also features Chris Martin, aespa, Madison Cunningham, Chris Thile, Yelle, CHIKA, Anoushka Shankar, The Aeolians 2018 Choir, Lindsey Lomis and his mother Suzie Collier The connective thread and beating heart is a collective “Audience Choir” of 150,000 fans’ voices, which Collier recorded in every corner of the world across his last two years of touring. “Collier collaborates widely while also singing, playing instruments, arranging, producing, and engineering himself,” as Vulture said when naming Djesse Vol. 4 one of 2024’s most anticipated albums. “Your fave literally could never.”
It’s been a thrilling lead-up to Djesse Vol. 4. Collier performed “Both Sides Now” with Joni Mitchell at the GRAMMY® Awards, won his sixth career GRAMMY®, and performed a soul-stirring rendition of "Witness Me” on The One Show on BBC 1. Furthermore, Collier has unveiled a new choir instrument in partnership with Native Instruments. Harnessing the raw, emotional experience of Collier’s concerts - where he "conducts his audience like a choir" - the free software enables anyone to experience what only Collier himself has up to now: playing his audience choir like an instrument, and adding a chorus of real-life voices from across the globe to any song. The instrument features moments that were captured at 22 live concerts, and Collier used it as he created Djesse Vol. 4.
Djesse has explored and expanded Collier's wildest creative dreams, and while it features a host of collaborators, this project was recorded, produced and performed by him. A Herculean effort that Collier has dedicated the past several years to, it was crafted in his famed home studio in London, and on the road while criss-crossing the globe. While his music is proudly unclassifiable, Collier enters a distinct sonic universe with each volume. The saga ends with the incandescent combination of narrative arcs, alchemizing a full spectrum of emotion into a massive, joyous moment of awakening and human potential. In addition to the aforementioned guests on Vol. 4, the other three volumes ranges from Ty Dolla $ign, T-Pain, Jessie Reyez, Mahalia and Daniel Caesar, to Chris Thile, Kimbra, Rapsody, JoJo, Lianne La Havas, Oumou Sangare, Hamid El Kasri, Laura Mvula, Steve Vai and Take 6.
About:
Jacob Collier is a 6-time GRAMMY® winner and 12-time nominee, making him the first British act in history to win four GRAMMYs® for each of his first four albums. He has recently performed at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and two nights at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra. He was the first-ever male to be featured as a Vogue Darling, appeared on the July ‘23 cover of Rolling Stone UK, and co-wrote and performed on seven tracks of Stormzy's This Is What I Mean. He has also collaborated extensively with Coldplay and Chris Martin, performing with them on Saturday Night Live, as a featured guest at Wembley Stadium, and on their album Music of the Spheres. He has also contributed to major hits including SZA's "Good Days,” and launched a signature line of music-making Crocs. Collier has recorded two NPR Tiny Desks, has spoken at the TED conference, and has performed on TV shows including the BBC's Later with Jools Holland, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and more.
Djesse Vol. 4 Tracklist
100,000 Voices
She Put Sunshine
Little Blue (feat. Brandi Carlile)
WELLLL
Cinnamon Crush (feat. Lindsey Lomis)
Wherever I Go (feat. Lawrence & Michael McDonald)
Summer Rain (feat. Madison Cunningham & Chris Thile)
A Rock Somewhere (feat. Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal)
Mi Corazón (feat. Camilo)
Witness Me (feat. Shawn Mendes, Stormzy & Kirk Franklin)
Never Gonna Be Alone (feat. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly)
Over You (feat. aespa & Chris Martin)
Box Of Stars Pt. 1 (feat. Kirk Franklin, CHIKA, D Smoke, Sho Madjozi, Yelle & Kanyi Mavi)
Box Of Stars Pt. 2 (feat. Metropole Orkest, Suzie Collier, Steve Vai, VOCES8)
World O World
