Bolis Pupul, who released Topical Dancer in 2022 with Charlotte Adigéry, will release his debut solo album, Letter to Yu, on March 8 via Soulwax’s Deewee. (Soulwax co-produced the album with Pupul.) Watch the video for the lead single “Completely Half,” shot in Hong Kong and directed by photographer Bieke Depoorter, below.
Pupul was born to a Belgian father and a Chinese mother. The album is described as a love letter to his mother, who died in 2008. “When I started to think about my roots, I started to embrace them. And it became more and more important for me to get in touch with them,” he said in a statement. “I went to evening school and began learning Chinese. I did that for four years. That was the first step.”
Revisit Pitchfork’s Rising interview “Dance Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul Want to Make You Move, Laugh, and Squirm.”
Letter to Yu:
01 Letter to Yu
02 Completely Half
03 Goodnight Mr Yi
04 Frogs
05 Doctor Says
06 Spicy Crab
07 Ma Tau Wei Road [ft. Salah Pupul]
08 Causeway Bae
09 Cantonese
10 Kowloon
11 Cosmic Rendez-Vous
