Joy Crookes shares Kano-featuring new track, ‘Mathematics’ 

Following the release of ‘Pass The Salt’ last month on which Joy Crookes paired up with Vince Staples, the artist has shared another new number, this time recruiting fellow Londoner Kano for the scholastically-titled ‘Mathematics’.

“Mathematics was written when I was dating a French man who couldn’t understand what was going on between us wasn’t hieroglyphics, we were just falling in love and then he tried to friend zone,” explains Joy of the track. “As I get to know this song better and sing it more, I’ve realised this song is somewhat an angry song about how easy I find it to love and the frustration that it can’t be reciprocated. It’s nice when a song becomes a medicine for lots of different fuckeries that life hands us. Kano came to hear the record with Blue May and I and then secretly recorded his verse to mathematics when I’d initially asked him to record on another song. He was drawn to mathematics and popped into the studio without us and literally just sent over a verse. It was so moving to see how he’d been moved enough to do this, almost like a little gift to this record. Cheers Kane, it’s really special to hear you write about love.”

Joy released debut album ‘Skin’ back in 2021, reaching Number Five in the UK album chart. The record was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize.