Joy Crookes Shares “Somebody to You” Off Her New Album Juniper

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Love, Autonomy, and Reckoning: Joy Crookes Redefines Devotion on “Somebody to You”

Born and raised in South London to a Bangladeshi mother and Irish father, Joy Crookes built her voice in the cultural crucible of Elephant & Castle—teaching herself guitar and piano as a teenager and uploading covers on YouTube from age 13. Her debut Skin (2021) channeled her coming-of-age struggles through neo-soul, jazz, and orchestral textures, earning critical acclaim and a top-5 UK chart position. Now, after a period of personal upheaval and introspection, she returns with her second album Juniper (2025), a more visceral, emotionally unguarded record produced by Blue May and Harvey Grant that probes anxiety, co-dependency, identity, and love through a palette blending retro soul, dub inflections, and ambient experimentation. In that context, “Somebody to You” — featuring Sam Fender — emerges as one of Juniper’s pivotal moments: a reckoning in which Crookes confronts the cost of devotion, reclaims her autonomy, and reframes love not as surrender but as choice. The song’s official video was directed by Heron Che (@heronche__), with production led by Katy Chattwell and Heron Che, and executive production by Jamie Clark.

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