Nilüfer Yanya announces new album My Method Actor

English singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya has announced her newest album My Method Actor, set to release September 13 on Ninja Tune.

Yanya dropped her new single, the near-title track ‘Method Actor’ alongside the album with an accompanying video.

Putting herself in an unnamed character’s shoes, ‘Method Actor’ portrays a mini-life story in under four minutes. The accompanying visualiser was shot in an old hotel in Benidorm, Spain and is a one take video capturing Yanya sitting down to share the song's story.

Speaking about ‘Method Actor’, the artist described how the concept for the song came together: “I was researching method acting - and from what I read, it’s based on finding this one memory in your life, a life-altering, life-changing memory. The reason why some people find method acting traumatic and maybe not safe mentally, is because you're always going back to that moment.”

“When you’re performing, you’re still trying to invoke the energy and emotion of when you first wrote it, in that moment. It definitely feels like you're having to recreate or step into that headspace,” Yanya added.

The new album and single follow her recent single ‘Like I Say (I runaway)’, which the New York Times described as “revelling in contrasting textures”.

Yanya’s prior album PAINLESS was released in 2022, earning the artist a performance of the track ‘midnight sun’ from the album on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

As well as previously supporting Adele, The xx and Mitski on tour, the Chelsea singer has headlined London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and sold out shows across Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA.

Yanya is also a founding member of the community project Artists In Transit which takes creative workshops and other support to displaced communities and people in times of hardship.

Pre-save My Method Actor here and check out the ‘Method Actor’ visualiser below.