Honey Dijon presents two new singles

Not About You featuring Hadiya George and La Femme Fantastique featuring Josh Caffe will be the first taste of new material from her forthcoming second album Black Girl Magic.

Photo by Classic Music Company

Following the announcement of new material earlier this year, Classic Music Company is delighted to announce the return of Honey Dijon to the label, now with not one but two records from her forthcoming album Black Girl Magic in quick succession. Single "Not About You", to be released Friday 31st July, sees Honey teaming up with emerging Atlanta talent, singer/songwriter Hadiya George, in an irresistible ode to a testing kind of love, illustrating Honey's dedication to absorbing, living, and breathing dance music's origins, while exploring a new sound that offsets the darker, tougher elements of her catalog.

Due to be released a week later on Friday 7th August, "La Femme Fantastique" featuring Josh Caffe is Honey at her unapologetic, hedonistic, and achingly cool finest. As Josh's captivating vocal narrates, the hypnotic lyrics are echoed in Honey's mesmerizing production, making for an industrial and electrifying club cut.

In "Not About You", as Hadiya's lovelorn vocal narrates, "Why you always got to play the fool, that's why I wrote this song for you," the flawless production forms the backdrop, weaving deep grooves and rhythms with fluttering, melodic keys, and Honey's signature dancefloor-ready flare. Steeped in the sounds of the Chicago nightclubs Honey grew up in, this empowered, glossy house cut is an inspired preview of what is to come on this anticipated LP.

"Not About You" is about the communal love and joy we all experience on the dancefloor as one. The dancefloor is a place to leave all labels, inhibitions, and prejudices behind. A place to create dreams and manifest desires. After all, it's not about me, it's not about you, it's about us!
Honey Dijon

The accompanying music video for "Not About You", which will also drop on 31st July, is the work of artist and animator Ciaran McCusker, who has created a trio of videos for Honey including both upcoming singles and one other, to be announced before the release of the album. The pumping second single "La Femme Fantastique" captures the energy of a hot and steamy dancefloor in full flow and will be accompanied by a gorgeously X-rated video by Ciaran, manifesting sex positivity and uninhibited expression on the dancefloor, things that Honey Dijon celebrates unequivocally. "La Femme Fantastique" sheds new light on the evolving artist.

In her own words:
"I am extremely proud to announce the first two singles from my forthcoming sophomore album Black Girl Magic on Classic Music Company. The first single, "Not About You" feat Hadiya George will drop July 31, 2020, and "La Femme Fantastique" feat Josh Caffe will follow one week later and drop August 7th, 2020. I am extremely honored to be working with such talented black artists and the body of work we created. It's been a challenging few months for all of us but it's so important for me to continue to make music to uplift people. I have tons more music on the way and some hot surprises." - Honey Dijon

Working with sculptor Jam Sutton, 3D digital renderings of Honey can be seen on both singles' artwork, "The sculpture collaboration with Honey explores identity, form, technology and classical portraiture. I spent a day with Honey in my studio during her London show residency; after brainstorming ideas and conversations about life and creativity, I wanted to capture her personality and strength which I found incredibly inspirational."

Their work together will be unveiled in parts, to coincide with Honey's future releases, "We wanted to create a series of sculptures which exist separately as fragments and join together as the main piece," Jam explained.

Honey Dijon featuring Hadiya George - Not About You