Dawn Richard, the “ever-evolving, impossible-to-pigeonhole” (New York Times) multidisciplinary artist, announces her new album, creole culture, out October 9th, and releases the new single, “enough.” Listen to “enough” wherever you stream music, and pre-order creole culture on CD, LP, limited-edition Champagne Wave Peak Vinyl, or digitally from the Merge store in the US or UK, or Dawn Richard's Bandcamp page. The first 300 Peak Vinyl pre-orders from the US Merge store will include a limited flexi disc of Dawn's 2025 single “A Flex."

Steeped in history but with its flag planted firmly in the future, creole culture pulls elements from Richard’s heritage as a Black and Native American woman who has spent a lifetime making and engaging with music. Following New Breed (2019) and Second Line (2021), creole culture is akin to a panel of a triptych: a fully-realized sonic and narrative universe in which Richard, as King Creole, rebuilds her hometown of New Orleans in her image. She not only honors her city for what it was or what it gave her, but stakes a claim for it as a cradle of global culture now and for all time.

Following early album preview “baby, can we? (feat. durand bernarr),” praised by Out as “a match made in R&B heaven," today’s single "enough” “is about unlearning the lie that your value has to be earned,” Richard says. “Sometimes the greatest act of resistance is believing you were always worthy.”

creole culture is triumphant and tragic, sexy and mournful, braggadocious and contemplative. The album presents Richard’s New Orleans as a utopian soundscape — an intoxicating blend of R&B, soul, hip-hop, pop, and jazz — that’s survived and thrived despite the dystopian circumstances visited upon it. Fans in Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC will have an opportunity to experience creole culture live later this year — follow Dawn for more information!

Dawn Richard on tour: 
Aug 08 Chicago, IL – Northalsted Market Days
Oct 02 New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater *
Nov 04 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Nov 05 Philadelphia, PA – Music Hall @ World Cafe Live
Nov 07 Washington, DC – Transmission

* w/ Tank and the Bangas & the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra