Ben Böhmer Announces New Album Bloom

Electronic music star and award winner Ben Böhmer has announced Bloom, his first new studio record in three years.

A brand new song called “Best Life” featuring JONAH and the news of an 8-stop live tour of the UK and Europe this fall goes along with it.

Bloom will be out on September 27 through Ninja Tune.

Back in the studio for the new album

Ben Böhmer made time for himself and went back to his studio, the place that inspires him the most, after a record-breaking world tour in support of his last album. All of his events were sold out months in advance.

There, he can really follow his desire to be creative on the spot and work hard at developing new skills that lets him talk about deep, complicated feelings.

His big-hit first album, Breathing, was about grief, and its follow-up, Begin Again, came out in 2021.

Bloom, the Tracklist

1. Martin
2. Hiding (feat. Lykke Li)
3. Best Life (feat. JONAH)
4. Memory Cassettes
5. Beautiful (feat. Malou)
6. Faithless (feat. Erin LeCount)
7. Rust
8. Evermore (feat. Enfant Sauvage)
9. Rain (feat. Max Milner)
10. The Sun (feat. Oh Wonder)
11. Blossoms

The sold-out tour caused him to need a pause and slow down things

He amassed almost a billion streams so far, playing over 200 shows in 2022. All this touring led him down a path that didn’t feel like what he wanted.

He was being pulled in a way that wasn’t him, even though he was getting praise and events were sold out.

Bloom is a fresh start, a sure declaration of his own wants and a more improvised beginning. We can hear and feel Ben’s growth in Bloom.

It’s his happy search for new things that bring him back to the studio every day, season after season.

Ben embraces his imperfect journey thus far on the forthcoming album’s first single, “Best Life,” featuring Berlin-based singer-songwriter duo JONAH. “Life is short and fast,” JONAH remarks on the track.

You try, you fail, and sometimes we lose a special person along the way who is irreplaceable, but the memories stay with us, shaping who we are. ‘Best Life’ is all about that rollercoaster ride of trying, failing, and a reminder of the importance of living each moment to the fullest.

A new Ben Böhmer

Böhmer wants to break out of the pre-made boxes he’s been put in; “Best Life” is a bold step in a new direction for his music.

Böhmer’s songwriting and composing skills really shine on Bloom, which also features well-known acts such as Lykke Li (a superstar in the indie world), Oh Wonder (an alt-pop duo), Enfant Sauvage (of the French duo The Blaze), and more.

The record has a lot of different styles and speeds that make earlier songs in his career seem like a trail.

Böhmer has announced a string of live shows in the UK and Europe this fall to promote the new record. The shows will take place at Alexandra Palace in London, Albert Hall in Manchester, Adidas Arena in Paris, The Palladium in Cologne, and other large venues.

These dates will come after his upcoming shows at Sonar, Electric Forest, Lollapalooza, and Portola, as well as his direct support shows for ODESZA at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington, D.C., and Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The backstory

In 2023, he finished the biggest live tour of North America ever, and 3 million people listen to him on Spotify every month.

It’s now one of the ten most-watched dance music sets of all time on YouTube, with more than 32 million views.

He has played at festivals with Caribou, Four Tet, Bicep, Jamie xx, and Amelie Lens.

In 2022, he started Portraet, a four-night residency at the open-air Ibiza club Cova Santa, where he brought in artists like Barry Can’t Swim, HAAi, Sofia Kourtesis, and more to play with him.

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