Internationally acclaimed dancehall star Konshens is gearing as much as launch his highly-anticipated fifth studio album, “Pool Celebration,” on Friday, June 27.
Brooklyn-based, Jamaican-born leisure publicist Ronnie Tomlinson advised Caribbean Life that “Pool Celebration is “a vibrant, genre-blending physique of labor that displays each a private and musical rebirth.
“The album provides a recent, celebratory narrative whereas remaining rooted within the sound that made Konshens a world pressure—dancehall,” added the CEO of Destine Media.
Launched through Submachine Leisure/FTS International Administration/ADA Worldwide, Tomlinson stated “Pool Celebration” opens with “a uncooked, prayerful observe” titled “Our Father,” “the place Konshens displays deeply on his journey.”
“Inna my life, me really feel like me lifeless entire heap a time and me born once more entire heap a time,” he says, framing this album not simply as music however as testimony.
From the opening second, Tomlinson stated the listener is invited into “an area of renewal—via rhythm, resilience, and, in the end, celebration.”
“On this tremendous critical local weather and state, the world is in, I didn’t wish to do an album to replicate that,” Konshens says. “I discovered that every time I dwell on points, they stick with me, however every time I took a light-hearted method, I obtained via issues faster and more healthy… So, within the midst of all this insanity, let’s have a Pool Celebration!”
Tomlinson stated that although the challenge feels tailored for warm-weather playlists, Pool Celebration is excess of a seasonal soundtrack.
“It’s a sonic assertion about dancehall’s world evolution and Konshens’ personal private transformation,” she stated. “The album dives deep into the core of the style however stretches confidently outward—infusing world sounds, hip-hop swagger, Afrobeat textures, and club-ready power.”
Tomlinson stated tracks like “Battlezone” that includes The Recreation discover the stress between interior battle and public stress, whereas songs like “Again Dat Azz Up” and “Gyal Time Once more” (with Charly Blacks) lean totally into launch and revelry.
“It’s this dynamic vary—of themes, moods, and sonic textures—that defines Pool Celebration as a whole creative assertion,” she stated.
“With ‘Pool Celebration,’ Konshens reclaims pleasure as a strong type of resistance,” she added. “From dance flooring to deep ideas, from gritty lyrics to sunlit hooks, this album is a declaration: irrespective of the chaos, we dance,” Tomlinson added.
