The remote island of Osea inspires Stormzy's new album

Stormzy in Accra, Ghana, 2022Image source, Getty Images

Stormzy described the writing of his new album on a remote island as a "very su rreal, spiritual experience".

The 29-year-old grime artist has retired to Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary near Maldon, Essex, which is cut off at high tide.

Speaking to Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2, he said he was joined by "incredibly gifted" producers and musicians.

This Is What I Mean is due out November 25 and comes three years after his second album, Heavy Is The Head.

Osea Island seen from the sky, taken during a Paris-Edinburgh flightImage source, Mike Pennington/Geograph

The remote island of Osea inspires Stormzy's new album
Stormzy in Accra, Ghana, 2022Image source, Getty Images

Stormzy described the writing of his new album on a remote island as a "very su rreal, spiritual experience".

The 29-year-old grime artist has retired to Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary near Maldon, Essex, which is cut off at high tide.

Speaking to Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2, he said he was joined by "incredibly gifted" producers and musicians.

This Is What I Mean is due out November 25 and comes three years after his second album, Heavy Is The Head.

Osea Island seen from the sky, taken during a Paris-Edinburgh flightImage source, Mike Pennington/Geograph

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