Tendai

A new monthly column from Complex UK’s EIC, Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson.

His first since joining the 0207 Def Jam family, the new album builds on a lot of the themes set out on his first two albums and takes them even further.

Once again, for those at the back: UK R&B is NOT dead. It’s still alive, still thriving, and continues to grow year on year, with promising new artists popping.

This time last year, we were recoiling in horror at the thunderstorm of awfulness that had filled 2020 and looking forward to 2021 for what we hoped would be...

The spectral quality that made previous single “Not Around” so striking is still a central element, but there’s an almost alt-rock edge to this one.

The young Londoner has also released his debut single, "Not Around", a haunting and surprising take on R&B that hints at an eclectic future for the label.