Venna has new music out, and it is the first since his debut album. ‘Lo Life’, featuring UK R&B artist Odeal, was released on Friday 13 November, Clash and Dork both reported that day. Clash calls him a South London saxophonist, singer and producer, and says this is his first release since 2025’s MALIK.

Venna’s own account of the song, published by both magazines, is direct. ‘Lo Life is a record that depicts a failed relationship,’ he said. ‘Almost looking back at it in hindsight & how both people involved kind of overlooked the red flags.’

He had been sitting on it. ‘It’s a record I’ve had for a while and I had been waiting for the right moment to release it into the world,’ he told Clash. ‘Getting Odeal on the song gave it new life and helped the song get over the line and feel complete.’ Dork locates the starting point as a jam in North London in 2024, and says the two of them finally recorded together at London’s Konk Studios a couple of months ago. Clash also places that session at Konk.

The track was co-created with Yussef Dayes, AoD, Miles James, Tom Driessler, Marco Bernardis and Alex Bourt, both reports say. Venna sings on it as well. After MALIK, Clash and Dork list a busy run: a European tour, a live version of ‘Mr Popular’ with Smino for KEXP, an Ivor Novello nomination, and dates supporting RAYE. Dork also notes that MALIK had vocals from Jorja Smith, CARI, Leon Thomas, Smino and MIKE.

He is heading out again. Dork says it is a 23-date MALIK tour taking in Tokyo, Korea, Australia and North America, with the first listed date this week: 19 November at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, then 20 November at The Night Cat in Fitzroy. Clash also has him visiting those territories. Wonderland also carried the single in Friday’s Wonderlist, on the same list as a new Cristale track from her debut mixtape. A first release since the debut album, and a tour already on the horizon, is a clean way to open the next chapter. The song is out now.

Why this matters: First new music since a debut album, with Odeal on the record and the artist explaining the song in his own words, is a story to get down while the single is still fresh.