Stormzy has confirmed the details of his third studio album, ‘This Is What I Mean', and teased a new single, ‘Hide & Seek’, coming tonight

Stormzy has announced that ‘This Is What I Mean’, his third LP, will be arriving on November 25th. The lead single, ‘Hide & Seek’, will drop at midnight tonight.

This news follows the recent release of his new single, ‘Mel Made Me Do it’, although that track will in fact not appear on the new record. Stormzy’s last album was 2019’s highly-acclaimed ‘Heavy Is The Head’, after his 2017 debut, ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’.

The newly-announced album was confirmed earlier this year, but only given its official title and release date last night, October 12th, via a social media post - the London-based grime artist cleared his social feeds for the occasion.

A large portion of ‘This Is What I Mean’ stems from a music camp that Stormzy attended on a remote island near Essex, along with a collection of currently unnamed producers and musicians.

On the experience, Stormzy recalls: “When you hear about music camps they always sound intense and sombre. People saying: ‘We need to make an album.’ ‘We need to make some hit records.’ But this felt beautifully free. We’re all musicians but we weren’t always doing music. Some days we played football or walked around taking pictures. And the bi-product of that was very beautiful music. “