Okorie Johnson, higher referred to as OkCello, has a brand new monitor out there on Juneteenth. It is a teaser for his forthcoming new album.
If the phrase mournful magnificence strikes your fancy, it’s essential hear the brand new monitor from OkCello, aka Atlanta cellist, songwriter and producer Okorie Johnson.
“Humorous How Issues Work Out” would be the title monitor on his upcoming album, however the single was launched on Juneteenth.
The cello is predisposed to evoking emotions of longing, producing languorous phrases that convey profound emotions with out phrases, and OkCello makes use of that to nice impact on this lovely instrumental.
The percussive intro, which underpins the entire composition, ensures that melancholy isn’t the overwhelming aspect. The ahead momentum feels hopeful, taking listeners on an emotional journey in slightly below 4 minutes.
That each one makes good sense, as a result of the press launch that accompanies the discharge describes the track as a rhythmically rebellious, soul-lifting celebration of freedom and inventive evolution in honor of Juneteenth.
“This track got here out of nowhere,” says OkCello within the press launch. “I used to be virtually achieved with the album once I remembered a tough concept I’d recorded in February 2024. It had power, edge and light-weight — the lacking piece I didn’t know I wanted. Two days later, it was achieved, and it modified your entire course of the album. It grew to become the title monitor as a result of it so completely captured the entire undertaking: the universe working issues out in our favor, even after we don’t see it.”
The discharge date for the album hasn’t been introduced but.