Jorja Smith

About

Wesley Joseph This event is all ages. All doors & show times subject to change. Multi-award-winning singer and songwriter Jorja Smith announces her new album, “ What Are The Odds ” featuring sole production from P2J [Beyoncé, Stormzy, Burna Boy]. The album arrives ten years after ‘ Blue Lights ’, the Platinum-selling debut single that introduced Jorja’s singular voice and set the course for one of British music’s most influential musicians. Since 2016, Jorja has delivered two No.3 albums – Gold selling debut “ Lost & Found” (2018) and “ Falling Or Flying” (2023) – and collaborated with global superstars including Kendrick Lamar, Burna Boy, Stormzy, Drake and Giggs. The Walsall born singer and songwriter has won two BRITs and received nominations for a Grammy, an Ivor Novello and the Mercury Prize and currently counts over 11 million monthly listeners and 4.7 billion streams on Spotify alone , with eight million followers across socials. Jorja had already had a run of major moments in 2026, including a performance on the debut season of Saturday Night Live UK , her appearance on the soundtrack to Riz Ahmed’s Prime Video series ‘ Bait ’ with ‘ Price Of It All’ , and the announcement that she will co-headline ‘All Points East’ in Victoria Park on Friday 21 August alongside Tems. With her third album “ What Are The Odds , ” Jorja continues to build on her legacy with a euphoric offering rooted firmly in dance music. Confidently channelling UKG, Grime, 2Step, Funky House, Soulful House and Afro House, this thrilling, pulsating record rarely dips below 140 BPM. “This is music to make you move,” says the 29-year-old. “I want people to hear it on the dancefloor, at Carnival, in the car and in their headphones on the night bus home. This is a record for driving and vibing.” The genesis of “ What Are The Odds ” was almost accidental. After connecting with P2J on “ Falling Or Flying” standout ‘Little Things’, the pair talked loosely about doing a dance project. When Jorja finally dropped by P’s east London studio in September 2025, she found two years’ worth of material waiting. “I went expecting a four-track demo. But P came with some extreme heat and magic. Before we realised it, we had 20 tracks.” The first nine songs to make the cut were demoed in two days; a third session yielded the final three sketches. “We felt this momentum to keep going and to stay in the moment. The music just flowed out.” This sense of creative spontaneity and unforced forward motion vibrates throughout the album. Crucially too, as a fully independent artist, there were no outside opinions and zero expectations. It was just Jorja, P2J and a few friends — including Maverick Sabre, Ed Thomas (Stormzy, FKA Twigs), The KTNA’s, Clementine Douglas (Chase & Status, Calvin Harris), Dominik ‘Deats’ Patrzek (Kendrick Lemar), Marco Bernardis (Dave), Ali Pensmith (Beyoncé) and Ezrah Roberts-Grey — in a perfect storm of creative freedom, fluid collaboration and a shared playlist of dance classics to inspire their creation. It shows. From the explosive opening to the album’s yearning conclusion, this is 37 minutes of musical magic that moves, in every sense. In the tradition of Candi Staton, Barbara Tucker and Jocelyn Brown, this is club music with something to say as Jorja examines friendship, grief, growth, and the courage to cut people loose. “All music can make you move, emotionally,” says Jorja, “but I don’t want to skank to a ballad, personally! I wanted music to make me move physically and emotionally.” As evidenced by the album’s first single, ‘ What’s Done Is Done ’, this is an album that taps into a sense of nostalgia while remaining very much in the now. The single channels Sticky’s 2001 Garage classic ‘Boo’—ice-cold synths, and Jorja’s rapid-fire flow evoking Ms Dynamite— as she torches a toxic relationship. ‘ I knew what it was, when you said it wasn’t .’ Elsewhere, tracks shimmering with 2-step celebrate a summer fling, while the sounds of Afro House capture the initial flush of love. In the earlier part of the album, Jorja reflects on moving back to Walsall after tiring of living in London, something she points out has changed since recording the album in Bethnal Green. “When I was writing these songs, I couldn’t help thinking about Grime, pirate radio, all the raves that came from east London. Recording around there during the early evening, it was just buzzing. I was buzzing.” The theme of friendship runs throughout too, whether songs that reflect on loving a friend who is lost to addiction – “it’s about being there even when you can’t be there” – or mourning relationships that have quietly faded. Elsewhere, Jorja calls time on those who have taken advantage of her. “I’ve had people use me a couple of times, but I’ve learnt from it and I’ve grown from it. It wasn’t okay, but it’s okay,” Jorja decides.