Elmiene Announces New Mixtape ‘Heat the Streets’

Emerging British-Sudanese singer Elmiene has revealed his new mixtape Heat the Streets will release Sept. 5 via Polydoor/Def Jam. 

The 12-track offering will include the newly shared lead single, “Useless (Without You),” produced by Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman

Over an acoustic-laden backdrop, Elmiene grapples with the disorientation of love lost. “Without you, I wasn’t meant to be outside / Without you, there’s no colors in my life / Without you, no other love can satisfy me,” he croons. 

Heat the Streets will follow 2024’s For The Departed and Anyway I Can. The latter project included the D’Mile-produced ballad “Crystal Tears,” as well as the standouts “Sweetness” and “Light Work.” 

Elmiene. (Photo Credit: Ayshe Zaifoglu)

Circling back to Heat the Streets, the project will include Elmiene’s take on Carole King’s “You’ve Got A Friend.” 

On Aug. 27, Elmiene will perform at Spotify and Live Nation Urban’s RNB X Live: The U.K. Sound concert at Irving Plaza. He will be joined by fellow U.K. R&B singers Sasha Keable and Venna. 

Stream Elmiene’s new song “Useless (Without You)” and see the tracklist for Heat the Streets below.

Elmiene’s Heat the Streets Mixtape Tracklist

  1. Useless (Without You)
  2. Sunny*
  3. Damage Control
  4. More Melodies
  5. Miss Hot July
  6. Different Too
  7. Continue To Continue My Yout
  8. Dull Jewellery
  9. Days!
  10. Give Me A Smile ^_^
  11. Capable
  12. You’ve Got A Friend

Presave Heat the Streets here