Danish R&B duo Phlake have today released their brand new album ‘Phine’ via Idris – listen here. The album includes their brand new single ‘Fancy Water’ featuring Nigerian Afropop and R&B artist Joeboy and follows their previous single ‘Bitter’ featuring Che Lingo as well as tracks ‘2min’ and ‘10 Feet’ released earlier this year.
Phlake’s fourth studio album Phine takes the listener on their journey to their inner self to explore the meanings and emotions of ‘fine’, posing the question, are we actually fine when we say we are? Showcasing their smooth and modern take on R&B, the album provides a huge sense of transparency with Elkær’s flair for R&B production, bittersweet falsetto vocals from Bo, and the creative wordplay that depicts universal feelings of loneliness, falling in love and despair. Phine is the culmination of two men finally having the time to reflect, breathe and be at peace with the fact that things aren’t always fine.
“The album revolves around the life we’ve been living the last couple years as Phlake. There is a big transformation on the album: how do you feel when you break up with someone or meet a new person, and how does that affect you?” Jonathan Elkær explains.
“Phine is an album that wants to address life’s difficult sides and prepare us for being better at talking about our problems and going into those battles that may seem unmanageable” Mads Bo Iversen says.
Phlake is made up of producer Jonathan Elkær and singer Mads Bo Iversen. Hailing from Copenhagen, the duo are one of the fastest rising acts to come out of Denmark in recent times, finding themselves in the spotlight back in 2016 after the release of their debut album, Slush Hours and since then they have gone on to achieve three gold and platinum albums as well as several Danish Grammy’s. Over the course of their career, Phlake have amassed over 180 million global streams, performing sold-out headline shows in London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam and Oslo.
Earning considerable praise from the likes of i-D, Line of Best Fit, CLASH and Complex who describe Phlake as ‘cinematic RnB’, Phlake are embarking on a new music chapter as Phlake 2.0 with a European tour commencing this October including a London show at Corsica Studios.
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