070 Shake has officially announced her highly-anticipated album Petrichor, set to release on November 15th. Alongside the announcement, Shake dropped the album’s lead single, “Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues,” complete with a Bennett Watanabe-directed music video starring Shake and Lily-Rose Depp. The visually striking video, inspired by 1950s jukebox pop and transitioning into a more contemporary feel, reflects the evolving mood of the two-part single.
Produced by Dave Hamelin (Beyoncé, King Princess), Tyler Johnson (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus), and Patrick Krief (The Dears), “Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues” showcases Shake’s genre-bending style, melding influences across hip-hop, pop, and electronic music. With Lily-Rose Depp cast as a classic femme fatale and Shake as her elusive love interest, the music video draws inspiration from Wong Kar-Wai’s Fallen Angels and Gaspar Noe’s Climax, creating an intoxicating narrative of forbidden desire.
Shake describes Petrichor as an album that evokes a feeling—akin to the smell of rain on dry soil after a drought. “It’s the perfect word to describe this body of music,” she told Cultured Magazine in a recent interview. The album promises a bold and intimate experience, blending acoustic guitars, piano, synths, and dembow rhythms in a way only Shake could deliver.
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Executive produced by Shake and longtime collaborator Dave Hamelin, Petrichor follows her critically acclaimed debut Modus Vivendi (2020) and You Can’t Kill Me (2022). Shake has made a name for herself with emotional vocal delivery and futuristic production, further cemented by her appearance on RAYE’s hit single “Escapism” in 2023. Petrichor marks a significant step forward in Shake’s artistic evolution, offering fans a glimpse into her most personal work yet.
