{"product_id":"joshua-idehen-i-know-youre-hurting","title":"I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try","description":"\u003cp\u003eLately, it feels like the world is one endless bad news cycle. Joshua Idehen isn’t here to pretend otherwise – but on the spoken word artist’s new album\u003cem\u003e, I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try\u003c\/em\u003e, he provides a phenomenal sonic, poetic space. Made with his creative partner, musician Ludvig Parment, the album is an urgent but transcendent collection that holds you through it all, filled with grief, euphoria and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Know You’re Hurting...\u003c\/em\u003e comes after the virality of Idehen’s track Mum Does The Washing, a wry and whipsmart poem examining how the world works (which started life as a Twitter thread), set to Parment’s spacious beats. The song has seen the pair propelled beyond Idehen’s wildest dreams this past year, with support from the likes of Jamz Supernova and Huw Stephens leading to sold-out shows and packed out festival performances including rammed crowds at Glastonbury and Green Man, an appearance on Later with Jools, and a support slot on Baxter Dury’s European tour this winter. For Idehen, this is all so special because it marked a new era of his career after around two decades of writing poetry. “In a nutshell, the song has changed my life,” he says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the album, that means uplifting choirs, cozy samples and exuberant, sometimes house-tinged beats. “I am personally drawn to music that transports you to a place, or scene or mindset,” says Parment. This is topped with ruminative musings on morality and human connection; about the longer loves in life – like friendships, family – that sustain us. These come from Idehen and Parment, along with a host of friends and collaborators, including writers Leone Ross and Charlotte Manning, and vocalist Amanda Bergman, to help expand on the topics of the record without sounding preachy. Similarly, there are musical guests including saxophonist Pete Fraser and Shabaka Hutchings on flute, each helping to imbue the album with a rich warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter years of honing his craft,\u003cem\u003e I Know You’re Hurting...\u003c\/em\u003efinds Joshua Idehen’s pen reaching the next level. This is work that is truly arresting – but simultaneously, thanks to Parment’s soundscapes, it often makes you want to wave your arms in the air and dance. In these bleak times that try to push us all further apart, it’s a beautiful, powerful manifesto for hope and collectivism. As Joshua puts it: “There's a likelihood that we might be planting seeds that we won't get to see harvested…but the planting is good. The planting is just as important as the watering and the tending and the harvesting. We all have to play a part so that we can have some redemption.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: March 2026\u003cbr\u003eCat: HVNLP238C\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Heavenly Recordings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PS9Bc_GQBEs?si=kab9lIMgcjPoVvgM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. You Wanna Dance Or What?\u003cbr\u003e2. Interlude – It Won’t Always Be Like This\u003cbr\u003e3. It Always Was\u003cbr\u003e4. This Is the Place\u003cbr\u003e5. Interlude – What You Need To Hear\u003cbr\u003e6. Could Be Forever\u003cbr\u003e7. Mum Does the Washing\u003cbr\u003e8. Don’t Let It get You Down\u003cbr\u003e9. My Love\u003cbr\u003e10. Interlude – How I Found Forgiveness\u003cbr\u003e11. Brother\u003cbr\u003e12. Whatever Comes\u003cbr\u003e13. Choose Yourself\u003cbr\u003e14. Everything Everywhere All At Once\u003cbr\u003e15. Everything Everywhere All At Once Reprise\u003cbr\u003e16. Tourn It Around\u003cbr\u003e17. What Is Redemption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Joshua Idehen","offers":[{"title":"LP-Clear Yellow","offer_id":56432475570562,"sku":"06\/03\/26-DISPIA","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1795\/4365\/files\/c1480d7b-9f8a-49ad-84b5-3159b539a04d.jpg?v=1774371130","url":"https:\/\/recordculture.com\/products\/joshua-idehen-i-know-youre-hurting","provider":"Record Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}