Upcoming ninth album
Jamiroquai are expected to release their upcoming ninth album in 2026. A title has not yet been revealed, although Matt Johnson, Jamiroquai's keyboardist revealed in a YouTube livestream that "Heels of Steel" had previously been considered as a prospective title. In a video posted to Jamiroquai's Instagram page in 2024, Jay Kay revealed that the album would be "an eleven track banger", although this may have changed.
Background
Word on a new album sprung up on the back notes of the 2021 Record Store Day re-release of "Everybody's Going to the Moon": "...I very much look forward to seeing everyone from the stage again, and bringing you a new album which we are working on, though it isn't easy under these circumstances!".
On March 19th, 2024, Kay announced on social media that recording sessions for the album were underway[1]. On September 30th of the same year, Kay posted another update, stating that the album would be an "eleven-track banger"[2].
On November 17th, 2024, a short teaser video for the Heels of Steel Tour would be posted to Jamiroquai's social media pages[3], with it's name and tour dates being confirmed the next day[4].
On April 2nd, 2025, a video showing off the album's brass section would be posted to Jamiroquai social media pages, with Kay stating: "See? No expense spared for this album, no expense spared."[5]
On June 26th, a snippet of a new song was shown off on the band's social media pages; with the guitar being played by Rob Harris[6]. The song being played is currently unknown.
On July 11th, a short video showing off snippets of new songs would be posted to social media[7], the songs shown are currently unknown.
On July 18th, another short video showing off the album's brass section once again would be posted; showing off a recording session for the brass section of "Shadow In The Night", with the song's vocals able to be heard under the brass. The second half of the video shows Kay scatting the melody for the song, with a tiny snippet of it being played at the end of the clip.[8]
On August 4th, a short video showing off a saxophone solo for an unknown song was posted to their social media pages.[9]
Track Listing
A full track listing has not yet been revealed for the album, although the following are confirmed to appear, following live performances during the Heels of Steel Tour in late 2025:
- The Disco Stays the Same (Stop The War)
- Shadow In The Night
- Queen Machine
- Heels of Steel - not played live, but confirmed as a song title
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