Multi-platinum artist ZAYN has announced that his highly anticipated new album KONNAKOL will be released on April 17 via Mercury Records.
Fans don’t have to wait too long to listen to some of this new music either, as the global star has confirmed that the lead single, ‘Die For Me’, will be released this Friday (February 6).
KONNAKOL is ZAYN’s most culturally inspired project to date. The pop-forward album expands on the sound fans first heard on his record breaking debut studio album, Mind of Mine. The snow leopard, a profound symbol in South Asia, on the album art showcases how deeply his heritage has inspired the record.
Konnakol is the art of performing percussion syllables vocally in South Indian Carnatic music.
ZAYN recently completed a seven-night residency in Las Vegas, where he debuted and teased unreleased material from his forthcoming album. Fans were shown the snow leopard imagery at the end of concert, much to their delight. Now, the album artwork brings the Easter egg full circle and kick starts what looks set to be the artist’s most exciting work yet.
Speaking on the new album ZAYN says, “It’s that time again, I have been lucky enough to make a fifth studio album… KONNAKOL in its definition is the act of creating percussive sounds with one’s voice but what it means to me lies somewhere much deeper. It is a sound that holds the reverberation of a time before words existed. I have always drawn on my heritage for inspiration since I first started making my own music, this album is a development of that understanding, knowing more now than ever, who I am, where I come from and where I intend to go.”
KONNAKOL marks ZAYN’s fifth solo studio album and is the follow up to 2024’s Room Under The Stairs. Most recently, he joined forces with BLACKPINK’s Jisoo on ‘Eyes Closed’, which earned a 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nomination for Favorite K-Pop Collaboration.
KONNAKOL is available to pre-order now.
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