Acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer and performer, Joy Oladokun, releases her new song “DRUGS” today on Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records—listen/share HERE.
“I wrote ‘DRUGS’ about feeling like my vices weren’t vice-ing hard enough” Oladokun shares of the modern-day anthem. She continues, “I think it became really easy for me to medicate my anxiety or anger or disillusionment instead of addressing those things head on. This is song is about realizing that and finding a new way to get by.”
The new music follows the “stunning” (Billboard) recent release of her song, “QUESTIONS, CHAOS, & FAITH,” her rendition of Beyoncé’s “II Most Wanted” for Apple Music Sessions and the Jack Antonoff collaboration, “I Wished On The Moon,” featured on the official soundtrack for Apple TV+’s The New Look.
Both “QUESTIONS, CHAOS, & FAITH” and “DRUGS” will be featured on Oladokun’s highly anticipated new studio album. More details to be announced soon.
Oladokun will tour throughout the rest of the year including dates with Hozier and Tyler Childers as well as select headline shows. See below for full details.
Since her breakthrough in 2020, Oladokun has released a pair of hugely acclaimed full-length albums—2021’s in defense of my own happiness and 2023’s Proof of Life both of which landed on numerous best-of-the-year lists. Of Oladokun, The New York Times praises, “her songs are conversational and confessional, and her hooky but profound melodies turn her lyrics into mantras,” while Rolling Stone calls her, “Nashville’s most low-key musical revolutionary…in this time of shifting priorities away from work toward self-care and connection with others, Oladokun is offering a master class in those subjects” and NPR Music asserts, “She has a remarkable ability to distill how forces at work in the world…she can make even social and political protest feel like an intimate, warmly human act.”
Moreover, in the last few years, Oladokun—a proud queer Black person and daughter of Nigerian immigrants—has performed at the White House as part of the Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony as well as on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “CBS Saturday Morning,” “TODAY,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Oladokun’s music has also been included in the Al Sharpton documentary, Loudmouth, CBS’ “CSI: Vegas,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC’s “Station 19,” NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and HBO’s “And Just Like That,” while her song, “i see america,” was also selected as a finalist for the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Award, Best Song for Social Change.
Widely respected by her peers, Oladokun has collaborated with artists such as Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Jason Isbell and Noah Kahan and has joined Morris, Isbell, Kahan, John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Pink Sweat$, Leon Bridges and Manchester Orchestra on the road.
JOY OLADOKUN CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
August 2—Portsmouth, NH—Prescott Park Arts Festival
August 3—Woodstock, NY—Levon Helm Studios
August 4—Rochester, NY—Essex
August 6—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center*
August 7—Columbus, OH—Schottenstein Center*
August 9—Bonner Springs, KS—Azura Amphitheatre*
August 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center*
August 12—Memphis, TN—Minglewood Hall
August 13—Saint Louis, MO—Delmar Hall
August 14—Maquoketa, IA—Codfish Hollow Barnstormers
August 16—Omaha, NE—Slowdown
August 17—Bellvue, CO—The Mishawaka
August 19—Jackson, WY—Jackson Hole Center for the Arts
August 20—Bozeman, MT—The Elm
August 22—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory
August 23—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre†
August 24—Missoula, MT—Washington-Grizzly Stadium†
August 27—Portland, OR—Topaz Farm
August 30—Hope, AK—Creekbend Café
August 31—Hope, AK—Creekbend Café
September 15—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea.Hear.Now Festival
September 22—Richmond, VA—Iron Blossom Music Festival
November 5—Perth, Australia—RAC Arena*
November 6—Perth, Australia—RAC Arena*
November 8—Adelaide, Australia—Adelaide Entertainment Centre*
November 12—Melbourne, Australia—Sydney Myer Music Bowl*
November 13—Melbourne, Australia—Sydney Myer Music Bowl*
November 15—Sydney, Australia—Qudos Bank Arena*
November 18—Brisbane, Australia—Riverstage Brisbane*
November 20—Auckland, New Zealand—Spark Arena*
November 22—Christchurch, New Zealand—Wolfbrook Arena*
November 23—Christchurch, New Zealand—Wolfbrook Arena*
May 5-7—Miramar Beach, FL—Moon Crush: The Sea & ME
*with Hozier
†with Tyler Childers
