Jordan Rakei releases "Enemies"

Jordan Rakei today announces his forthcoming seventh album, A Safe Place To Be Wild, due for release on 30th October via Fontana. Alongside the announcement, he shares the first single, ‘Enemies’. The news is accompanied by details of his biggest-ever UK and European headline tour, culminating in his largest show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace on 24th April 2027.

A Safe Place To Be Wild, the seventh album from Jordan Rakei, arrives after more than a decade of quietly reshaping the contours of soul, jazz and alternative R&B. His most instinctive and fearless work to date, it is an intimate, surreal and emotionally direct record about self-acceptance, vulnerability and creative freedom. Stripping everything back to raw feeling, Rakei lets go of expectation and steps into a more unguarded space, embracing the stranger, freer parts of himself with a sense of play, honesty and instinct. At its heart, A Safe Place To Be Wild is a study of the unobserved self: an artist confronting the fear of exposure, dissolving it in real time, and discovering the quiet power of becoming fully, unapologetically whole. Available in multiple formats, including a CD digipack, exclusive indie red vinyl, an opaque signed vinyl edition, and standard black vinyl. Pre-order A Safe Place To Be Wild here.

Out today is the brand-new single, 'Enemies'. Embodying a ’70s-tinged psych-soul sound, ‘Enemies’ carries a laid-back, rootsy warmth and a hazy, summer-tinged feel, the track captures the ambition and self-assured spirit of the album. Jordan says: "'Enemies' has a playful, almost arrogant energy to it, not from bitterness, but from self-confidence. It's an ownership song about not taking any more crap, rising above past dynamics, and turning all of that into positive energy. It's dedicated to all the enemies of my past, haha”. Listen here

A Safe Place To Be Wild Tour will be Jordan Rakei’s biggest headline tour to date, opening in Europe for a full run across Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, before returning to the UK for final shows in Bristol and Manchester, culminating in his largest-ever headline performance at London’s Alexandra Palace. Pre-sale tickets on sale 22nd July, general sale 24th July, available here.

A Safe Place To Be Wild - Track Listing:

1. Eden

2. Promise

3. Would Ya Mind

4. Enemies

5. Grace

6. Paradise

7. Games

8. From The Outside

9. Mirror

10. Go

11. I'm Out

12. If I

13. Pub

14. Bombs

EUROPE

• Mar 27 – Vasateatern, Stockholm
• Mar 28 – Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen
• Mar 29 – Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg
• Mar 31 – Huxleys, Berlin
• Apr 1 – Roxy, Prague
• Apr 2 – Palladium, Warsaw
• Apr 4 – Arena, Vienna
• Apr 6 – Kaufleuten, Zürich
• Apr 7 – Magazzini Generali, Milan
• Apr 9 – La Rayonne, Lyon
• Apr 10 – Bataclan, Paris
• Apr 11 – De Roma, Antwerp
• Apr 13 – Gashouder, Amsterdam
• Apr 14 – Stadthalle, Cologne

UK

• Apr 16 – Bristol Beacon, Bristol
• Apr 17 – Albert Hall, Manchester
• Apr 24 – Alexandra Palace, London

About Jordan Rakei

Over the past 10 years, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Rakei has built a loyal global fanbase around his distinctive, ever-evolving musical voice. Across six albums, he has moved fluidly between neo-soul warmth, jazz-inflected improvisation, melodic pop songwriting, sweeping orchestral arrangements and deeply narrative-driven composition. He has collaborated with artists including Loyle Carner, Tom Misch and Bonobo, and earned critical acclaim including a nomination for Best Album at the 2025 Ivor Novello Awards for his sixth record The Loop, alongside nominations for an AIR Award and the Australian Music Prize. Onstage, his expansive and meticulously crafted live shows have taken him from Glastonbury to two sold-out nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Now at a pivotal moment in his career, Rakei takes a more radical turn. Shaped by a year as the first resident at London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios and the creation of his own home studio just outside the city, he embraces a new, instinct-led process driven by freedom, experimentation and emotional honesty.