The Streets’ Mike Skinner drops meditative new single ‘Utopia’

Mike Skinner - the poet, DJ, and performer behind The Streets - is back with ‘Utopia’, an existential new track that explores the inherent impossibility of perfection. 

“You can’t make utopia - that’s the point,” Skinner has said of the single. “It’s about acting in the here and now, there isn’t an ideal endgame - we’re not waiting for perfection. We just have to move and keep moving and find the good in what surrounds us, as brutal(ist) as that may be.”

Written between shows while on tour around Europe, ‘Utopia’ has arrived accompanied by an arresting video which collages together footage of brutalist buildings and scenes around the continent, including London’s National Theatre, Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie, Vienna’s Wotruba Church and more. 

The new song follows The Streets’ 2023 album ‘The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light’ (which also dropped on YouTube as a feature film earlier this year), and arrives ahead of a major touring announcement for 2026 (details are still TBC, so watch this space!). 

Check out ‘Utopia’ for yourself here: