Michael Kiwanuka - Final Days

"Living honestly is so hard for me, such a heavy load, you know I really need a friend."

Album: KIWANUKA [3rd album]
Recorded: London, England
Genre: Psychedelic Soul, Blues
Album Release: November 1st 2019
Length: 4.10
Producer: Danger Mouse & Inflo
Vocalist: Michael Kiwanuka [age 32]
Label: Polydor Records (Universal)

Official Audio


Live at Cambridge Corn Exchange in 2022

Charts, Streams & Sales

UK (album): Certified gold in November 2020 (100,000 +)
UK albums chart: #2
Spotify = 6,500,000 +
YouTube Music = 1,000,000 +
The album won the Mercury prize for 2020 (his previous two albums were nominated but didn't win)
KIWANUKA was nominated for Best Rock Album at the Grammy Awards 2021
BBC 6 Music Best Albums of 2019: #3
Guardian Best Albums of 2019: #12
NME Best Albums of 2019: #8

Credits

Bass & electric guitar (Michael Kiwanuka), cello, drums, piano, saxophone, synthesizer, viola, violin,

Details

• On this track Michael has a serious case of the blues. The lyrics are about him lamenting his mistakes as he cries down the phone and feels as if these are his 'final days' on Earth. He has all of this pain and the uncaring planet just spins round and round.
  
  "Final days on the planet, failing arms breaking down, every day automatic, here we are going round and round and round."

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