{"id":1424,"date":"2018-04-26T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2018-04-26T12:00:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:00:54","slug":"keith-urbans-new-album-graffiti-u-out-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/04\/26\/keith-urbans-new-album-graffiti-u-out-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Urban’s new album ‘Graffiti U’ out tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Friday (April 27th) marks the release of\u00a0Keith Urban<\/strong>\u2019s GRAFFITI U, his first new studio album in nearly two years.\u00a0 The much-anticipated follow up to 2016\u2019s record-breaking, No. 1, platinum album RIPCORD, GRAFFITI U is a natural musical progression that began with FUSE, but it also marks where Urban currently resides creatively. It\u2019s this sense of presence during his writing and recording process that gives each of Urban\u2019s albums an unabashed honesty and authenticity.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere were no parameters or preconceived ideas,\u201d says Keith.\u00a0 \u201cI began this process with a completely blank canvas. Every initial spark is organic and then expanded upon, like the art of graffiti, so the name really fit the music. I also liked the idea of \u201cyou\u201d the listener (or the audience), because this is an inclusive experience. And because of my last name we had a little grammatical fun and shortened it to U.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Keith titles his albums, he usually does it with a lot of care, time and consideration. The last two \u2014 Ripcord and Fuse \u2014 had energy-driven titles, while his new record, Graffiti U has a very free, no boundaries feel to it. \u201cAs the record started to reveal itself to me, the word \u2018graffiti\u2019 kept coming to me out of the blue,\u201d says Keith. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved that word, loved the sound of the word, and then I loved the fact that it\u2019s art-driven. When I think of graffiti, I think of self-expression, personal expression, absolutely personal expression whether you\u2019re painting something on the side of a building in a city or whether you\u2019re painting \u2018Billy Bob Loves Charlene\u2019 on the side of an overpass [laughs], it\u2019s all graffiti and it\u2019s all free and pure and very personal, and I thought this record feels like that to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

A soaring spirit spray-painted right from the heart, Keith\u2019s curiosity powers each moment on GRAFFITI U and the very title speaks to that personal and passionate vibrancy, vitality, and vision.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s be lost and young. \u2022 #Horses<\/a> feat. @LindsayEll<\/a> \u2022 #GraffitiU<\/a> out FRIDAY pic.twitter.com\/55cTKRilbG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) April 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n