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KESHI RELEASES “SAY” OUT NOW, OFF NEWLY ANNOUNCED ALBUM

KESHI RELEASES FIRST TRACK OFF NEWLY ANNOUNCED ALBUM 

“SAY” OUT NOW 

LISTEN / WATCH

 

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SOPHOMORE ALBUM REQUIEM

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“In all my attempts to make meaningful music, I overlooked songs that were built to just get people to move. I remember touring on the road and really craving to play songs that just felt good to groove to. ‘Say’ is my answer to that. It’s got a moody sort of cadence with an admiration for city-pop baked into it.” 

After announcing his upcoming full-length album, Requiem, to be released on September 13th, today, keshi releases “Say,” accompanied by a sleek and cinematic video, watch here. 

Co-produced by keshi, Elie Rizk, Malay, and Imad Royal, “Say” culminates with a chantable refrain uplifted by his powerhouse delivery. Filmed in Seoul, Korea, the visual threads together vignettes of a lonely modern metropolis with an intimate concert-for-one by keshi. He emotes in front of the microphone with a Fender Stratocaster in-hand as his lone female co-star effectively drifts through the cityscape’s empty mall, train station, phone booth, and beyond. Scenes atop a skyscraper’s roof prove just as breathtaking as the hook does. 

Pre-order/Pre-save Requiem HERE.

  

ABOUT keshi:

Born Casey Luong, keshi has emerged as a creative alchemist of the highest order, layering universally resonant hooks atop inventive and immersive soundscapes. He materialized out of Houston, TX with the EP trilogy—skeletons(2019),bandaids(2020), and always(2020). Plus, he notably contributed “War With Heaven” to Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album. Brands such as YSL, Fender, Microsoft and Fendi have sought him out for collaborations. During 2022, keshi reached critical mass with his debut LP, GABRIEL. It tallied billions of streams fueled by “LIMBO, “UNDERSTAND,” “GET IT,” and more. He notably achieved the “Top New Artist Debut of 2022, scoring “the highest first-week sales of the year for a debut album” landing him on the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and Top 5 of the Top Album Sales Chart. GABRIEL also affirmed him as a headlining force of nature. He concluded the LP’s sold out tour cycle with two sold-out nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NY and a pair of sold-out dates at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Now, he draws everyone into his world with a worldwide arena tour to be announced ahead of 2024’s Requiem.