Michael Kiwanuka premieres video for Interlude (Loving The People)


Michael Kiwanuka performing at Citadel (Alberto Pezzali / Live4ever)

Michael Kiwanuka performing at Citadel (Alberto Pezzali / Live4ever)




The track features on the third Michael Kiwanuka studio record.

Phillip Youmans has directed the video for Interlude (Loving The People), taken from Michael Kiwanuka’s 2019 album Kiwanuka.

“Listening to Interlude (Loving the People) feels like sunshine on my skin,” Youmans has said in a statement.

“This film is an escapist trip where young black people revel in the psychedelic experience. For me, ‘Loving the People’ is about the adrenaline of unconfined love and joy, a celebration of black youth and imagination.”

Kiwanuka was given a new lease of life back in September when it won the 2020 Mercury Prize, coming out on top from a shortlist which also featured albums from Anna Meredith, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Georgia, Kano, Lanterns On The Lake, Moses Boyd, Stormzy, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio and Sports Team – the last three of those all among Live4ever’s Top 20 of this year.


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