Katy B - Honey (2016)

Honey, is the collaborative project between Katy B and some of the hottest artists and producers around, running the gamut from the underground to the top of the charts, and released by Rinse/Virgin EMI. The first single ‘Calm Down’ saw Katy join forces with Four Tet and Floating Points to praise from all corners of clubland to the mainstream, Honey features collaborations with Major Lazer, Craig David, J Hus, Wilkinson, Jamie Jones, Sasha Keable, Chris Lorenzo, Novelist, MssingNo and many others. Also included is a brand new and unheard version of Katy’s recent #1 single ‘Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)’ with KDA.

With Honey, the lines blur between the fun and the serious, the social and the introspective, the euphoric and the poignant. From the neo-soul of the KAYTRANADA-produced title track, to the eerie electronic balladry of Mr Mitch collaboration ‘Heavy’, to huge radio friendly tunes with superstars like Major Lazer, Craig David and Wilkinson on ‘Who Am I’ and ‘So Far Away’, to irresistibly uplifting club smasher ‘Dark Delirium’ with Jamie Jones and Kate Simko, to the leftfield majesty of ‘Water Rising’ with MssingNo, to the poignant Hannah Wants-produced ‘Dreamers’, a song about the sense of community both Katy and Hannah felt within the Ibiza dance scene – every track has the multiple levels of meaning and emotion that Katy has built into her songs since she was a teenager.