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LIME CORDIALE
and IDRIS ELBA
reveal new single
WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE
+ Mini Album
CORDI ELBA
Available January 14
VIA CHUGG MUSIC AND 7WALLACE MUSIC
+ LIME CORDIALE TOURING AUSTRALIA, UK & EUROPE 2022
+ LIME CORDIALE PERFORMING PARTY IN THE APOCALYPSE, WILDLANDS, BEYOND THE CITY AND LE CURRENTS (NZ) FESTIVALS
TICKETS
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Lime Cordiale, Idris Elba // Photo credit: Tim Swallow
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“One of the year’s most unexpected and exciting collaborations..” – ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA
Set to release their mini album Cordi Elba on Friday 14 January, today Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba reveal their rambunctious new single What’s Not To Like via Chugg Music and 7Wallace Music. Starring Idris’s velvety vocals and loaded with boisterous riffs and rollicking drums, What’s Not To Like follows on from their jaunty debut single Apple Crumble.
“I had this song title written down in my notes for a lyric. It was a concept we’d been toying with for a while but Idris related to it and wrote these verses in the room with us. He told us about an industry party the night before, about people looking over his shoulder searching for someone more important to talk to until they worked out they WERE talking to someone important, “says Oli of the song.
“That’s where the song started but we’re really just taking the piss out of ourselves, something that we all loved doing in these studio sessions. It’s that Aussie/English connection,” adds Louis.
“It’s a song about finding who you really are and not chasing who you think people want you to be. It is a driver’s seat singer classic, “ muses Idris of What’s Not To Like.
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Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba’s partnership began when Lime Cordiale asked if Idris wanted to guest on a new version of Lime Cordiale’s Unnecessary Things – a song that first surfaced on the Relapse reissue of their 2020 No.1 album 14 Steps To A Better You. Idris did his research and was instantly sold. “I listened to them on Spotify, fell in love with them very quickly,” he says.
The Luther, The Wire, Thor, The Suicide Squad and Mandela star didn’t know it, but he was already in Lime Cordiale’s orbit – the duo regularly blasted Idris’ 2019 hit Boasty backstage before each show. Once the new version of Unnecessary Things was finished, this new partnership hit a creative streak and they kept on making more songs with Lime Cordiale’s longtime producer/co-writer David K Haddad.
On Boasty, Idris raps that he doesn’t need a ghostwriter. Indeed, Cordi Elba is a genuine creative collaboration with Oli, Louis and Dave. “We wrote everything together,” Oli says. “We were all writing lyrics – it wasn’t our music or his music, it was smack bang down the middle with every lyric.”
“I wanted to collaborate,” Idris adds. “We agreed about the vibe and the song was there. They were really open to ideas; it was an opportunity for me to write songs I normally wouldn’t write. Ultimately, this is a step into a new universe musically for me.”
A DJ since his teens – and long before he found success as an actor, Idris not only continues to spin from Coachella to Ibiza, he is also a musician, rapper and producer. Cordi Elba contains a first: he unveils his singing voice, encouraged by Oli and Louis “They filled me with a lot of confidence,” Idris admits. “I come from a DJ background, have always rapped, but never considered myself a singer. They encouraged me to put vocals down, I didn’t expect to be singing.”
Not only does Cordi Elba contain some of the finest musical work of both parties, it is unlikely to be a one-off alliance. There are tentative plans for Idris to join Lime Cordiale on a UK tour in early 2022. “I’d be honoured to help their exposure in the UK,” Idris says. “I am hoping to jump on stage with them when they tour.”
As Lime Cordiale starts work on their third album, Cordi Elba has changed them forever. “We’ve been catapulted into new territory with Idris and this has inevitably influenced the future of Lime Cordiale,” Oli says. “He gave us permission to break out of our genre and it’s going to be interesting where this takes us with new music.”
Cordi Elba is released on January 14 via Chugg Music + 7Wallace Music
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LIME CORDIALE
TOUR DATES
Tickets on sale now
AUSTRALIAN TOUR
APRIL/MAY 2022
Presented by Chugg Entertainment, Frontier Touring, Chugg Music & Select Music
W/- special guests Teenage Dads, Illuka (all states) + Dulcie (WA only)
Thursday 7 April | Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
Friday 8 April | Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
Tuesday 12 April | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 20 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
Thursday 21 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 27 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW ** NEW SHOW
Friday 6 May | Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL DATES
DECEMBER 2021
Saturday 4 December | Party in The Apocalypse, Churchill Park TAS
Sunday 26 December | Wildlands, Brisbane QLD
Monday 27 December | Le Currents Festival, Riverside Park NZ
Friday 31 December | Beyond The City, Melbourne VIC
UK + EUROPE HEADLINE TOUR
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
Friday 14 January | The Garage, London UK – SOLD OUT
Saturday 15 January | Electric Ballroom, London UK
Monday 17 January | Phoenix, Exeter UK
Tuesday 18 January | Bristol Academy, Bristol UK
Wednesday 19 January | O2 Institute, Birmingham UK
Thursday 20 January | O2 Academy, Manchester UK
Friday 21 January | The Academy, Dublin IE
Saturday 22 January | At the Garage, Glasgow UK
Monday 24 January | O2 Academy, Sheffield UK
Tuesday 25 January | O2 Academy, Oxford UK
Wednesday 26 January | Patterns, Brighton UK
Thursday 27 January | Boule Noire, Paris FR
Friday 28 January | AB, Brussels BE
Saturday 29 January | Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL
Sunday 30 January | Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL
Monday 31 January | Luxor, Cologne DE
Tuesday 1 February | Bahnhof St. Pauli, Hamburg DE
Thursday 3 February | Krøsset, Oslo NO
Friday 4 February | Nalen Klubb, Stockholm SE
Saturday 5 February | Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen DK
Tuesday 8 February | Frannz Club, Berlin DE
Wednesday 9 February | Futurum, Prague CZ
Thursday 10 February | Fluc, Vienna AT
Friday 11 February | Strom, Munich DE
Saturday 12 February | Papiersaal, Zurich CH
Monday 14 February | Legend, Milan IT
Wednesday 16 February | La Mau, Barcelona ES
Thursday 17 February | El Sol, Madrid ES
Saturday 19 February | Zoom, Frankfurt DE
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LIME CORDIALE AND IDRIS ELBA
NEW SINGLE WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE OUT NOW
MINI ALBUM CORDI ELBA OUT JANUARY 14
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