{"id":1996,"date":"2026-03-04T00:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/jalen-ngonda-announces-new-album-new-music-new-european-headline-tour\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:55:23","slug":"jalen-ngonda-announces-new-album-new-music-new-european-headline-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/jalen-ngonda-announces-new-album-new-music-new-european-headline-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Ngonda Announces New Album + New Music + New European Headline Tour."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/J.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/J.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/J-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/J-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/J-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/J-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Washington, DC-raised, London-based phenom Jalen Ngonda returns to announce his sophomore album, Doctrine of Love, arriving June 5th via Daptone Records. As an introduction to his eagerly-awaited full-length, Jalen is also sharing the album\u2019s title track, a rousing, sharp statement on the enduring experience of loving someone and weathering the gravitational pull of those highs and lows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fv_ytplayer_f48c40203bcfa564a7408404f89b0f84\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"900\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w0UZFyuaPMk?origin=https%3A%2F%2Frapindustry.com%2Fjalen-ngonda-announces-new-album-new-music-new-european-headline-tour%2F\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking on the album\u2019s title track, Jalen explains: \u201cI wrote that track when I was trying to do anything to get out of the studio. I was listening to a lot of James Brown at the time and that was an inspiration. \u2018Doctrine\u2019 to me was a word no-one ever uses. I took it to be like a certificate, the \u2018Certificate of Love\u2019 \u2013 look, I think maybe I meant \u2018doctorate\u2019, but we wrote it and recorded it and now it\u2019s a whole thing. I just write the song. The listener can interpret it however they want.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jalen\u2019s Doctrine of Love is a resolute second chapter building on the feverish success of his critically-acclaimed <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/jalen-ngonda-come-around-and-love-me-album\/\"><strong>debut album Come Around and Love Me<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Jalen formed his sophomore album over two sets of writing sessions between Brooklyn and Riverside, CA, with Vince Chiarito and Michael Buckley returning as producers to mine deeper into the trove of contemporary soul they struck with his debut. Jalen\u2019s second album imbues that sound with an ode to his roots in the church with hints of gospel choruses in the background vocals and a modern pop perspective. With Doctrine of Love, Jaden is guiding soul music into 2026 with a reverence for its history and motifs, but also an authentic vision for its future and drawing parallels to how the genre has influenced today\u2019s R&#038;B, hip-hop, and more. In Jalen\u2019s own words:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe doctrine of love holds that every thought and action should be guided first by compassion for others, because love is the highest measure of human worth\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Come Around and Love Me introduced the world to Jalen\u2019s once-in-a-generation voice, which he honed at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts after cutting his teeth playing drums in his church. His debut in 2023 triggered a staggering rise, with Jalen making his US TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and appearances on Graham Norton and Later with Jools Holland. His viral hit single \u201cIf You Don\u2019t Want My Love\u201d has racked up over 253 million streams to date and he achieved A-list rotation on BBC 2, BBC 6 Music and Jazz FM across multiple singles. His live show captivated audiences from day one, opening for Thee Sacred Souls, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/freddie-gibbs\/\"><strong>Freddie Gibbs<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and Olivia Dean on their respective US and European tours in 2023, along with selling out a healthy number of global club dates as a headliner. Jalen has also collaborated with the likes of Jordan Rakei and Damon Albarn\u2019s Gorillaz, who tapped Jalen to be featured on their newly-released album The Mountain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jalen is also announcing his own headlining European tour coming this Fall, with a series of dates beginning on October 2nd in Amsterdam. His European festival run continues an extensive run of live shows that begins this month with a series of Australian tour dates, a stint of UK and European shows in the Spring and a run of European festival dates in the Summer including Love Supreme (UK), North Sea Jazz (Rotterdam) and Mad Cool (Madrid).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Upcoming Live Dates:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3\/4 \u2013 Perth, AUS @ The Astor Theatre<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">3\/6 \u2013 Melbourne, AUS @ Forum Melbourne<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">3\/7 \u2013 Adelaide, AUS @ WOMADelaide<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">3\/8 \u2013 Meredith, AUS @ Golden Plains<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">3\/10 \u2013 Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/22 \u2013 York, UK @ York Barbican<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/25 \u2013 Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy Oxford<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/27 \u2013 Sheffield, UK @ Octagon<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/29 \u2013 Margate, UK @ The Drill Shed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/3 \u2013 Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Sound City<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/4 \u2013 Cheltenham, UK @ Cheltenham Jazz Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/5 \u2013 Leicester, UK @ O2 Academy Leicester<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/11 \u2013 Rouen, FR @ Le 106<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/12 \u2013 Luxembourg City, LU @ Den Atelier<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/19 \u2013 Strasbourg, FR @ La Laiterie<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/26 \u2013 St. Gallen, CH @ OpenAir St. Gallen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/28 \u2013 Milton Keynes, UK @ SMK Live Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/4 \u2013 Glynde, UK @ Love Supreme Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/10 \u2013 Rotterdam, NL @ North Sea Jazz<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/11 \u2013 Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/12 \u2013 Birmingham, UK @ Mostly Jazz, Funk &#038; Soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/17 \u2013 Pori, FI @ KIRJURINLUOTO<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/24 \u2013 Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/5 \u2013 Rome, IT @ Casa Del Jazz<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/7 \u2013 Locorotondo, IT @ Masseria Ferragnano<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/13 \u2013 Oslo, NO @ \u00d8yafestivalen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/14 \u2013 Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/30 \u2013 Portsmouth, UK @ Victorious Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/2 \u2013 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/3 \u2013 Groningen, NL @ De Oosterpoort<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/5 \u2013 Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/6 \u2013 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/8 \u2013 Paris, FR @ L\u2019Olympia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/9 \u2013 Lille, FR @ L\u2019A\u00e9ronef<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/11 \u2013 Munich, DE @ Muffathalle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/12 \u2013 Zurich, CH @ X-Tra<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/14 \u2013 Berlin, DE @ Huxleys<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/15 \u2013 Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit 36<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/16 \u2013 Copenhagen, DK @ Amarger Bio<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/24 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/27 \u2013 Bournemouth, UK @ O2 Academy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/28 \u2013 London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/1 \u2013 Leeds, UK @ Project House<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/2 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/3 \u2013 Manchester, UK @ Academy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/jalen-ngonda-announces-new-album-new-music-new-european-headline-tour\/\">Jalen Ngonda Announces New Album + New Music + New European Headline Tour.<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/\">Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, &#038; 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