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Multi-platinum master storyteller JP Saxe has shared his EP Articulate Excuses, part one of a two-part album out now via Arista Records. With the release, comes Saxe’s latest single “I WANNA MOVE TO BROOKLYN.”
Listen to “I WANNA MOVE TO BROOKLYN” and Articulate Excuses HERE.
Articulate Excuses pulls from a period in which Saxe worked to come to terms with his patterns and personhood thus far. JP explains, “Articulate Excuses is about 7 different things. It’s about hiding from myself, it’s about apologizing for myself, it’s about relearning a masculine version of myself, it’s about nostalgia for the present, it’s about grief, it’s about re-finding the parts of myself I didn’t think I was allowed to be, and it’s about owning the parts of myself that I’m ashamed of.”
The EP includes previously released singles “Safe” and “Smartphone Make Me Dumb” along with today’s “I WANNA MOVE TO BROOKLYN” in which JP romanticizes his move to the city he now calls home. On that, JP shares, “Sometimes the life you fantasize about can be in direct conflict with the life others fantasize about you sharing with them. Sometimes that life is in Brooklyn pretending to be Patti Smith drinking too many coffees in too many bookstore cafes.”
The two-part album traces the GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter’s journey through a series of personal revelations. After writing and recording the album and feeling like there were two distinct themes to the songs, Saxe decided to present the album in two parts – he describes the decision as “90% for creative reasons and 10% because of the pragmatism of navigating people’s increasingly nonexistent attention spans. I love my music so much and even l have trouble listening to 14 in a row. So how could I expect someone else to?” Each part has a unique sonic and thematic identity that gives one message when listened to on its own or as a complete project.”
In January, Saxe shared the first taste of the part one, “SAFE,” a sweetly moody R&B-kissed pop track co-written and produced by Malay (Frank Ocean, FLETCHER, Lorde) that put his signature mix of reflection and wit on full display — watch the video HERE. That was, in fact, Saxe’s first new solo song since he hit the road in late 2023 in support of John Mayer’s arena tour, and then kept going deep into 2024 on his own sold-out, globe-spanning, headlining run.
