Celeste Ends Two Year Silence With 'This Is Who I Am'

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Celeste reminds us that good things come to those that wait after the release of her latest single 'This Is Who I Am' as she signals the start of a new beginning.

The opening line, “Some flowers never get to see their day”, is delivered by the British-Jamaican musician with a heaviness that soaks in your bones as she finds the time for a bit of self-actualization.

Leaning into tenderness and sensitivity, the darkly toned track Produced by Kendrick collaborators BEACH NOISE, favours the simplistic approach. the deepest feeling melancholy piano chords threaten to tumble, whilst cinematic strings cut sharp as we meet CELESTE as the point where the stranger becomes the familiar.

On ‘This Is Who I Am’ CELESTE casts a haunting figure who has seen the measure of life, and through her expirences she has gained a new perspective of herself and the world.

Speaking about the single, Celeste says, "This song has existed for a long time, and it felt almost unjust that circumstances didn’t allow it to come out four years ago. Now, with everything aligning, this moment serves as a powerful acknowledgment of something that, back then, felt unresolved.”

She decides to celebrate that with the only person who truly recongnises the BRIT Award-winner and Oscar nominee for who she is, and in that finality she basks.

The track is the title song for Peacock and Sky’s new series The Day of the Jackal, staring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch.

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