Slowthai Announces New Album Ugly, Shares New Song “Selfish”: Listen

Slowthai announced his third studio LP, ugly, with a new song titled “Selfish.” The follow-up to Tyrone is March 3 (via Method/Interscope). In the announcement, the UK rapper sat inside a custom-built room fitted out from floor to ceiling with two-way mirrors. Watch him livestream below. Also below, listen to “Selfish” and find the ugly track list.

The album’s title—now tattooed under Slowthai’s eye—is meant to be an acronym for “U Gotta Love Yourself.” In a statement, the musician said: “I have an UGLY tattoo on my face because it’s a reminder to love myself, instead of always putting myself down or feeling people’s impression of me should determine who me as a person.”

ugly made by Speedy Wunderground founder Dan Carey at his home studio in south London. Slowthai also worked on the album with Kwes Darko, Ethan P. Flynn, Taylor Skye of Jockstrap, Beabadoobee guitarist Jacob Bugden, Fontaines DC, and drummer Liam Toon.

On the new album, Slowthai said in a statement:

The first album was the sound of where I came from and everything I thought I knew. The second album is the one that relates to me then, the one now. And this album is completely me—about how I feel and what I want… It’s everything that I lead.

This album is me trying to emulate the spirit of brotherhood that characterizes bands. Music is about feeling and emotion that goes into it. Like an artist creating a painting, it is the expression of that moment in time. I really feel like I don’t want to rap, whereas before, rap was the only way I could express myself with the tools I had. Now that I have more freedom to create and do more, why don’t we change it?