U.K. Rapper Dave Announces That His First Album in Four Years Is Coming Very Soon

U.K. rapper Dave made a astonishment announcement connected Wednesday (Oct. 1) confirming the merchandise day for his 3rd album, The Boy Who Played the Harp.

The Streatham-born instrumentalist revealed that helium would marque his comeback with his caller LP, his archetypal successful implicit 4 years, connected Oct. 24. He besides shared the medium artwork, which tin beryllium seen below. No further details oregon tracklist have  been made nationalist astatine this time. Pre-orders are present disposable connected Dave’s website.

The 27-year-old released his breakthrough EP, Game Over, successful 2017, a twelvemonth aft Drake jumped connected a remix of his opus “Wanna Know” and brought his sanction to wider recognition. In 2018, his opus “Question Time” won an Ivor Novello for champion modern song, and during his show astatine the 2019 BRITs, helium eviscerated the U.K. government’s effect to the Grenfell Tower occurrence successful 2017, which killed 72 people.

His debut album. Psychodrama (2019), deed No. 1 connected the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and collected the year’s Mercury Prize arsenic good arsenic champion British medium astatine the BRITs successful 2020. Its follow-up, We’re All Alone successful This Together, besides peaked astatine No. 1 connected the U.K. charts, and landed astatine No. 10 connected Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.

In 2023, Dave and Central Cee broke the grounds for the longest-running rap No. 1 connected the U.K. Singles Chart with their way “Sprinter.” The opus ruled for 10 weeks and appeared connected the collaborative EP Split Decision with Cench. Dave has achieved 3 U.K. No. 1 singles successful total, including “Funky Friday” (2018) and “Starlight” (2022).

He has collaborated with Stormzy, Burna Boy, Jack Harlow, James Blake, Headie One, AJ Tracey and much passim his career.