The album comes hot on the heels of a succession of singles that have made Chipmunk one of the breakthrough artists of the year. From Chip Diddy Chip to Diamond Rings and new single Oopsy Daisy, he has come a long way from his days as a 14-year-old printing off CD covers for mixtapes and selling them himself at school.
Over a year in the making, Chipmunk finished ‘I AM CHIPMUNK’ once he left college earlier this summer after his A-Level exams. Whether talking about the break-up of his parent’s marriage, the realities of life in inner-city London or his all-consuming love of music, the diverse and imaginative debut features collaborations with N-Dubz and production from renowned underground beatmakers Maniac and StarzBeatz. Expect an array of sounds; from gritty grime to pop-tinted R&B. Oopsy Daisy is a brilliant upbeat ballad about a break-up, while the soaring synths of Lose My Life, co-starring Tulisa from N-Dubz, is a metaphor for Chipmunk’s approach to music-making. “The album is a representation of me and the first 18 years of my life. I hope that people will see that as well as being commercial, it is also deep and well thought out.”
