# Joy Oladokun Announces New Album Hope Is A Heavy Thing: Hear “Kind”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/joy-oladokun-announces-new-album-hope-is-a-heavy-thing-hear-kind/
- Published: 2026-07-24T15:02:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T16:35:38+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2506203/joy-oladokun-announces-new-album-hope-is-a-heavy-thing-hear-kind/music/
- Topics: Entertainment, Geopolitics, Music, Politics

## Key points

- Joy Oladokun announces *Hope Is A Heavy Thing* for 25 September.
- New single “Kind” combines comfort with darker lyrical edges.
- Album features Adekunle Gold and wide-ranging musical influences.

## Summary

Joy Oladokun has announced her new album, *Hope Is A Heavy Thing*, and released its latest single, “Kind”. The song pairs her smooth, reassuring vocal style with darker and more vulnerable lyrics, while the album is presented as a response to burnout and a search for renewed hope.

The 12-track album will be released on 25 September via Concord Records and includes a collaboration with Adekunle Gold on “Sage”. Oladokun said it was made across Nashville, New York and her tour bus, drawing on influences including the Soulquarians, Bob Dylan, afrobeats, J Dilla, the Ronettes and 1960s–70s protest rock.

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