Watch Ego Ella May’s live performance video for “Don't Take My Lover Away”
Don't Take My Lover Away (Live)
Award-winning British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May, releases her long-awaited sophomore album “Good Intentions”, out now. Watch Ego's live performance of "Don't Take My Lover Away", directed by Jelani Pomell.
To celebrate the release of “Good Intentions”, Ego Ella May will pay live dates in Bristol and London. Tickets are available HERE.
UK LIVE DATES
7th May 2026 Jam Jar, Bristol
9th May 2026 Islington Assembly Hall, London
“Good Intentions” was produced by Ego herself, along with Alfa Mist, Beat Butcha, LVTHER, Melo Zed, TAVE, Tom Excell 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.
A NOTE FROM EGO
“For a long time these songs were just small ideas moving quietly through my days. A melody that arrived while I was walking somewhere. A line that stayed with me long enough to write down. Little fragments that didn’t know yet what they were becoming.
Making this album felt different to the time around ‘Honey For Wounds’. Back then everything still felt quite new to me, the process, the pace, even the idea of sharing something so personal with people I’d never met. This time the work asked for something slower. More listening, more patience, and a whole lot of trust.”
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. She has also been nominated for Best Jazz Act at the 2026 MOBO Awards.
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