EGO ELLA MAY stars in Visualiser video for reflective single “Back To Sea”

2 Jul

Ego Ella May - Back To Sea

Award-winning British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May, shares the visuals for "Back To Sea", directed by Jelani Pomell, taken from her sophomore album “Good Intentions”, which charted at #2 on the Official UK Hip Hop and R&B Charts. Watch it here. Ego will be headlining at the opening night of De Beauvoir Festival at Hoxton Hall, London on 10th July. Tickets are available here.

A NOTE FROM EGO:

"Inspired by Jessica Pratt and Labi Siffre. I’ve always wanted to make a folk/singer-songwriter type song, and I’m so glad I managed to achieve this on the album! The very last song. I made this with Tom Excell, and can we just listen to his beautiful guitar? I swoon every time! It’s about how much of a saving grace the sea is for me during times of overwhelm. When life gets tough, I return to the sea. I always feel renewed there. My dream is to own a home by the sea one day. When I think of that, I breathe a deep sigh of relief".

“Good Intentions” was produced by Ego herself, along with Alfa Mist, Beat Butcha, LVTHER, Tom Excell, Melo Zed, TAVE and more. Lead singles “What We Do”, co-produced with Wu-Lu, broken-beat groove “What You Waiting For”, “We’re Not Free”, with echoes of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and “Don’t Take My Lover Away”, are a glimpse into the album’s thematic richness, examining community, liberation, vulnerability, and the complicated beauty of everyday human experience. Guided by introspection and candid conversations with her inner circle, the album is equally shaped by the authors she loves: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Patti Smith, Chinua Achebe, Ayobami Adebayo, and Joan Didion.

Drawing from an expansive palette of R&B and neo-soul, with a deep respect for jazz — the latter she calls “the root of it all” — South-East Londoner Ego Ella May released her seminal debut EP “Breathing Underwater” via SoundCloud in 2014. Her debut album “Honey For Wounds” earned her Best Jazz Act at the 2020 MOBO Awards and Best Vocalist at the 2021 Jazz FM Awards, with her music published by media mogul Issa Rae’s Raedio and featured across major film and television including Insecure, Sex Education, Dear White People, Queen Sugar, The Jackal, and And Just Like That. Across collaborations with Ari Lennox, Theo Croker, and Kojey Radical, Ego’s debut was followed by her celebrated “FIELDNOTES” EP trilogy. In 2024, Ego Ella May made her Canadian live debut, playing the main stage of the Montreal Jazz Festival, and sold out her debut headline show at the legendary Ronnie Scott's in London.