Pias news – Joshua Idehen - I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try
JOSHUA IDEHEN
Announces details of his new album, I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try.
Released on Heavenly Recordings on 6th March 2026.
First single, 'It Always Was' OUT NOW.
Writer and poet, Joshua Idehen, who recently announced his signing to Heavenly Recordings, has announced details of the release of his debut album for the label, I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try.
Made with his creative partner, musician Ludvig Parment, the album will be released on Friday 6th March 2026.
Following his appearance this weekend on Later...with Jools Holland, British-born, Stockholm-based Nigerian Idehen, has today also shared 'It Always Was' the first track to be taken from the album.
Talking about the track Joshua said:
The song is me trying to capture a moment of optimism from my past: I used to have a bunch of mates, and we'd squeeze into a Mazda and ride around London, trying to get into bars, ending up on a bench somewhere watching the sun be reborn. One time, we'd spent the night bigging ourselves up (I think Benji had just left McDonald's and moved into finance) and we all started sharing our five-year plans. Come the morning, a friend Martin said "what's meant for me will find me anyway" and that line stuck with me for over a decade.
The track is accompanied by a fantastically creative and personal split-screen video directed by Jonny Sanders, who said:
Joshua is on the phone to himself reminiscing about friendship and good times. Filmed half in London and half in Stockholm the two cities are like past and present, concrete and nature. As the idea evolved we found ourselves filming around Joshua's childhood home in Hackney and then his current home in Stockholm with guest appearances from his mum and daughter. It turned out to be a more personal piece than I had first anticipated.
Joshua added:
This is our first video with Jonny and from the moment we met at my mum's I had the feeling this was gonna be a good one. No other director has had the cheek to ask my mum to be in a music video. Turns out my mum has been waiting for this moment. "Hold on! let me wear something". And then, when we got to Stockholm, he asked my daughter. She was a lot less enthusiastic.
The track listing
You Wanna Dance Or What?
Interlude – It Won't Always Be Like ThisIt Always Was
This Is The Place
Interlude – What You Need To Hear
Could Be Forever
Mum Does The Washing
Don't Let It Get You Down
My Love
Interlude – How I Found Forgiveness
Brother
Whatever Comes
Choose Yourself
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Everything Everywhere All At Once Reprise
Turn It Around
What Is Redemption
Joshua Idehen - It Always Was (Official Video)
Baxter Dury dates:
25/11/25 AB Brussels, Belgium
26/11/25 L'Aeronef, Lille, France
28/11/25 Paradiso - Amsterdam, NL
04/12/25 La Salle Pleyel - Paris, FR
headline
12/03/26 Balzaal Vooruit, Gent, BE
13/03/26 Bittzoet, Amsterdam, NL
14/03/26 Hasard Ludique, Paris, FR
After nearly two decades in London's poetry scene, Joshua Idehen found widespread recognition with the viral success of 'Mum Does The Washing', a poignant, witty piece set to music by his creative partner Ludvig Parment (aka Saturday, Monday) which has led to sold-out shows, major festival appearances—including Glastonbury—and a new chapter in Idehen's artistic life.
Originally drawn to film, Idehen's poetic journey began after being captivated by Dizzee Rascal's Vexed on Channel U. Inspired by artists like Scroobius Pip, he began blending poetry with music, working with bands like LV, Benin City, and Sons of Kemet. His performance career grew alongside deep personal challenges, including a divorce and struggles with mental health. A move to Stockholm during the COVID-19 pandemic gave him space to reflect and begin anew.
That rebirth led to I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try, a cathartic, euphoric album blending themes of grief, joy, and healing. Made with Parment, it's a sonic embrace for the weary, mixing house-inflected beats, choral flourishes, and lyrical meditations on hope, self-worth, and collective resilience. Drawing on friendships, fatherhood, and the redemptive power of music, Idehen creates work that doesn't shy away from pain—but always points toward light.
www.heavenlyrecordings.com