Nilüfer Yanya shares new single "Call It Love" + 'My Method Actor' due September 13th

NILÜFER YANYA SHARES NEW SINGLE "CALL IT LOVE" MY METHOD ACTOR DUE SEPTEMBER 13TH VIA NINJA TUNE HEADLINE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR LAUNCHES THIS FALL

Photo credit: Molly Daniel My Method Actor  https://niluferyanya.lnk.to/my-method-actorPR “Call It Love”  WATCH: https://niluferyanya.lnk.to/my-method-actor/youtube LISTEN: https://niluferyanya.lnk.to/my-method-actorPR What the press is saying about Nilüfer Yanya: “Reveling in contrasting textures” The New York Times ‘Best Songs of 2024’ “Mesmerizing” Rolling Stone ‘Best Songs of 2024’ “Stellar” The FADER “Nilüfer Yanya’s melodies have a pull so strong they almost necessitate their own law of physics”  Pitchfork (July 10th, 2024) - Following the recent announcement of her sophomore album My Method Actor, which is due September 13th via Ninja Tune, Nilüfer Yanya shares new song “Call It Love.” On the track Nilüfer delves inwards, asking listeners to join her in confronting deep-seated truths and trusting their intuition. Speaking on the track’s inspiration and vulnerable tone she shares, “It takes a certain kind of bravery to fully trust your instincts. It’s about allowing your calling to lead you, to let it guide you somewhere. Let that consume you and destroy you.” The new single follows the near title track “Method Actor,” which The FADER proclaimed as “stellar,” and “Like I Say (I runaway),” which The New York Times described as “reveling in contrasting textures”, landing a spot on their 40 Best Songs of 2024 list and Rolling Stone called  “Mesmerizing” and tipped as one of their Best Songs of 2024. “Like I Say (I runaway)” is also currently top 50 at AAA radio in the US, A listed at BBC 6 Music and just added to the playlist at BBC Radio 1. While writing My Method Actor, Nilüfer retreated into the studio with her creative partner, Wilma Archer (Sudan Archives/MF Doom/Celeste). She had toured her second album, PAINLESS, for a year and entered a period of transition, between albums, between record companies, between homes. My Method Actor deals a lot with the idea of movement from one part of life and into another. The seeds of My Method Actor were planted in early 2023, but it wasn’t until the spring of that year that shoots began to appear. As songs started to form, Yanya and Archer squirreled themselves away from the world. “This is the most intense album, in that respect,” Yanya says. “Because it’s only been us two. We didn’t let anyone else into the bubble.” They wrote and recorded in small sessions, spread across London, Wales and Eastbourne. You can feel this cocooning of creative energy in the atmosphere of the record: it envelopes you entirely in cinematic sweeps while feeling intimate, finally inviting you into the little world they created and offering up its secrets.  Songs bloomed into being in unexpected ways helping Yanya make sense of her world and the ways it’s changing as she enters her late twenties and grapples with what it means to be an established musician. “For me, writing is definitely problem solving - in the way they say that dreaming is like problem solving. You're like, oh, that sounds good. That looks good. That makes sense. But you don't really know why. You're kind of using that part of your creative brain that doesn't have to make sense.” Her lyrics are specific and hazy at once, and sometimes surreal: she talks about the songs as though she’s trying to decipher the person she was when she wrote them.  My Method Actor follows Nilüfer’s previous albums ​​PAINLESS and Miss Universe, which were met with an overwhelming amount of critical praise, ranked among the year's best by The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork with a Best New Music stamp, Vulture and more. Nilüfer performed celebrated singles on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Later with Jools Holland and NPR’s legendary Tiny Desk concert series. She’s supported Adele, the XX and Mitski on tour, headlined London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and sold out shows across Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA. Yanya has also been remixed by Sampha, King Krule and Little Dragon and has collaborated with Bombay Bicycle Club and Liss. Nilüfer is a founding member of the community project Artists In Transit which takes creative workshops and other support to displaced communities and people in times of hardship. Pre-save/order My Method Actor and listen to “Call It Love” above, find touring details below and stay tuned for more music from Nilüfer Yanya coming soon.

"Call It Love" single artwork

Upcoming Live Dates TICKETS 9/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 9/30 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat 10/1 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 10/2 - Boston, MA @ Royale 10/4 - Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe 10/5 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 10/6 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop 10/7 - Chicago, IL @ Metro 10/9 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East 10/10 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle 10/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West  10/13 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck 10/15 - Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf 10/18 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre 10/19 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile 10/20 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom 10/22 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall 10/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre EU & UK Dates 11/24 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie 11/25 - Amsterdam, NE @ Melkweg Old Hall 11/26 - Berlin, GE @ Kesselhaus 11/28 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise SOLD OUT 11/29 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise JUST ADDED DUE TO DEMAND 11/30 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 12/2 - Bristol, UK @ Fleece 12/3 - London, UK @ HERE at Outernet 12/4 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms 12/5 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 Nilüfer Yanya  My Method Actor  September 13, 2024  Ninja June  1. Keep On Dancing 2. Like I Say (I runaway) 3. Method Actor 4. Binding 5. Mutations 6. Ready for Sun (touch) 7. Call It Love 8. Faith’s Late 9. Made Out Of Memory 10. Just A Western 11. Wingspan Connect with Nilüfer Yanya:  Instagram | Website | X (Twitter)