Anjimile - The King LP LTD Yellow Coloured Vinyl LP

Anjimile Chithambo, better known as Anjimile, announces his new album, The King, out September 8th, his first full-length since 2020s breakthrough Giver Taker. To herald the announcement, he shares lead single, The King, accompanied by a visualiser by Daniela Yohannes, whose striking painting takes centre stage on the album cover.

Highlighting the artistic shift from Giver Taker to now, The King opens with a lofty, melodic choir, an intro that belies the songs motives. Suddenly, sinister arpeggios interrupt the reverie, and the voices grow darkly serious. Deeply steeped in the confusion, grief, and rage of being Black in America, The King pushes back against the tired adage, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger, hissing, What don t kill you almost killed you// What dont fill you//pains you// drains you.

If Giver Taker was an album of prayers, The King is an album of curses. In his second album, Anjimile continues exploring what it