Honne share video for new single ‘Me & You ◑’

HONNE have shared the video for new single ‘Me & You ◑’, premiered today over at VMAN. The duo recently announced plans for second album ‘Love Me / Love Me Not’, which will unveiled alongside the plan to drop two new tracks on the last Friday of every month, further exploring the dual album theme (the full album will be released on August 24^th). Fresh from an immediately-sold-out warm-up date at London’s Village Underground last week, HONNE have additionally confirmed an extensive worldwide tour for later this year, which includes their biggest London show to date at Brixton Academy on November 24th.

The joyous video to ‘‘Me & You ◑’ was filmed after HONNE stumbled across a choreographed dance video to another new track, ‘Day 1’, on Youtube by DDong tae. The band loved it so much that they reached out over Instagram – with the help of Google Translate – to see if Ddong tae would be up for making a video for new single ‘Me & You ◑’ (with the above-and-beyond results sent back airing today).

Introduced in part by ‘Me & You ◑’,HONNE’s hugely-accomplished second album, ‘Love Me / Love Me Not’, captures the duality of life’s ups and downs: half the tracks explore life’s positives – love, nostalgia and contentment (Love Me ◑) and the other half life’s great difficulties – heartbreak, anxiety and grief (Love Me Not ◑). Here is a record which draws heavily upon the balancing act of navigating between two states at once: whether it’s the honeymoon period high of a relationship, the frustration of a long-distance separation or the fear of losing someone close, HONNE’s lyrics dial in at the reality of most people’s lives. Appropriately, the band have already built themselves a truly global audience, with over half a billion streams, sold-out tours, and several surprises along the way (see a triple-platinum album in South Korea). Theirs is a truly modern success story which is pushed further still in the split rollout of second album ‘Love Me / Love Me Not’ – a record which acknowledges that for every peak, a challenge is round the corner, and equally that whenever life overwhelms you, better times are ahead.

HONNE’s sometimes-awkward, always-positive portraits of 21st century romance, masculinity and modern city living have seen them bring together a diverse community of audiences around the world. And despite testing new boundaries, ‘Love Me / Love Me Not’ ultimately sees the band’s earliest ambitions come into even clearer focus. They cite the group’s name (“Honne” meaning your true feelings, those you keep to yourself), the name of their early record label (“Tatemae”, which reflects what you display in public), plus the fact that this dichotomy between an online persona and actual reality has become starker since when they first started making music. “Those two sides have been rooted in us from the beginning, but now is the first time we’ve truly demonstrated it. One doesn’t exist without the other, and so this time these songs have to be there together. A lot of films and TV shows either explore the good or bad, but we wanted to show a balance and the grey space.” And it’s in those in-between spaces that HONNE have truly found themselves, and a work of timely, timeless songwriting.

Tour Dates:

8^th May – Village Underground, London **sold out**
24^th June – Mamby On The Beach Festival, Chicago
15^th July – Citadel Festival
21^st July – We The Fest, Jakarta
22^nd July – Good Vibes, Malaysia
17^th August – Dockville Festival, Germany

9^th Sep: Starlite Room / Edmonton / Canada
10^th Sep: Marquee / Calgary / Canada
12^th Sep: Showbox / Seattle / USA
13^th Sep: Westward festival @ Vogue / Vancouver / Canada
14^th Sep: Wonder Ballroom / Portland / USA
15^th Sep: Warfield Theatre / San Francisco / USA
16^th Sep: The Catalyst / Santa Cruz / USA
18^th Sep: Glasshouse / Pomona / USA
20^th Sep: The Novo / LA / USA
21^st Sep: The Observatory North Park / San Diego / USA
22^nd Sep: Crescent Ballroom / Phoenix / USA
​ 25^th Sep: Urban Lounge / Salt Lake City / USA
26^th Sep: Bluebird Theater / Denver / USA
27^th Sep: ​Granada Theater / Lawrence / USA
28^th Sep: Fine Line / Minneapolis / USA
1^st Oct: Phoenix / Toronto / Canada
2^nd Oct: Fairmount Theatre / Montreal / Canada
5^th Oct: The Foundry / Philadelphia / USA
6^th Oct: Royale / Boston / USA
7^th Oct: 9:30 Club / Washington DC / USA
8^th Oct: Brooklyn Steel / NYC / USA
12^th Oct: Terminal West / Atlantic / USA
13^th Oct: One Eyed Jacks / New Orleans / USA
15^th Oct: Trees / Dallas / USA
16^th Oct: White Oak Music Hall / Houston / USA
17^th Oct: Mohawk / Austin / USA

30^th Oct: Parkteatret / Oslo / Norway
31^st Oct: Nalen / Stockholm / Sweden
2^nd Nov: Vega / Copenhagen / Denmark
6^th Nov: Hybrydy / Warsaw / Poland
8^th Nov: Rock Café / Prague / Cech Republic
9^th Nov: Flex / Vienna / Austria
11^th Nov: Magnolia / Milan  / Italy
12^th Nov: Plaza / Zurich / Switzerland
13^th Nov: Muffathalle / Munich / Germany
15^th Nov: Melkweg / Amsterdam / NL
16^th Nov: Maroquinerie / Paris / France
17^th Nov: Gloria / Cologne / Germany

20^th Nov: St Luke’s / Glasgow / UK
21^st Nov: Academy / Dublin / Ireland
22^nd Nov: SWX / Bristol / UK
23^rd Nov: Academy 2 / Manchester / UK
24^th Nov: Brixton Academy / London / UK

Watch video for  ‘Me & You ◑’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdxDjtwdCU

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