Three years after Loyle Carner released his last album, Not Waving, But Drowning, the world in 2022 is not the same. There was a lot of pain and anger. And alongside it: Hope, beauty, light. Loyle Carner has collected them all, the great emotions of recent years and made of them what he does best: Music The result is "Hugo," a moving collection of poetry and stories about family, identity and society, about hope in the face of pain. It is a manifesto that resonates long in its impact, as personal as it is political The album finds its origin in Loyle's young fatherhood, his mixed-race identity and the summer of the Black Lives Matter protests, which confront him with the question of his place in the world. His search leads him through multi-layered and vibrant soundscapes in which touching, profound lyrics find their place. In them questions, answers, accusations and reconciliations. Loyle Carner opens up conversations he had previously been too afraid to have. He confronts his difficult relationship with his father, his racial identity, and his responsibility to his son With "Hugo" Loyle Carner grows beyond himself - as an artist, father, son and person of color. The album stirs up, comforts, gives hope and solidarity.