Celeste returns with sweeping new single ‘This Is Who I Am’

Celeste is back, and she’s shared a powerful new number entitled ‘This Is Who I Am’ by way of reintroduction. 

Produced by Kendrick Lamar collaborators BEACH NOISE, the track follows a string of accolades for the British-Jamaican star: she won both the BRITs Rising Star Award and topped the BBC Sound Of poll in 2020; topped the UK charts in 2021 with her debut LP, ‘Not Your Muse’; and has been nominated for the Mercury Prize, an Oscar, and a Golden Globe. Phew! 

Now, ‘This Is Who I Am’ sees her return in striking fashion, its lush vocal-led arrangement recalling the drama and cinema of a James Bond-theme. Fittingly, the new single is also the title song for recent Sky series The Day Of The Jackal (starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch). 

“This song has existed for a long time,” Celeste has shared, “and it felt almost unjust that circumstances didn’t allow it to come out four years ago. Now, with everything aligning, this moment serves as a powerful acknowledgement of something that, back then, felt unresolved.”

Check out the official lyric video for ‘This Is Who I Am’ here: