Kele Okereke: ‘I was always the last one to leave the club’
The musician, 40, tells Michael Segalov about driving his partner wild, gorging on Real Housewives, teenage raving and sparing his mum the gory details
May 2021
Kele: The Waves Pt 1 review – all washed up?
It has its moments, but this collection of spoken word, psych folk and instrumental pieces does the Bloc Party frontman few favours
June 2020
Black Britain matters
Clara Amfo, Laura Mvula, David Lammy and more: 'We’re shifting the deadly disease of racism'
Presenters, performers, writers and politicians on whether the protests in the UK in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death will have a lasting effect
November 2019
Kele: 2042 review – Okereke's most political work yet
The Bloc Party frontman’s fourth solo album mixes the intimate and personal with references to Grenfell and Windrush
January 2019
Leave to Remain review – spirited gay-marriage musical from Kele Okereke
In Okereke and Matt Jones’s play, directed by Robby Graham, the story, song and movement are seamlessly integrated
April 2018
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
From Funny Cow to Julian Opie, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
Names in the news
Thanks to Bob Dylan, tunes they are a changin’
Rebecca Nicholson
Old masters and young artists are reexamining objects of desire
Bob Dylan sings about gay love on LGBTQ wedding songs collection
St Vincent, Kesha, Ben Gibbard, Valerie June and Kele Okereke also appear on the Universal Love EP
October 2017
Kele Okereke: Fatherland review – goodbye disco, hello folk
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July 2017
Culture webchats
Kele Okereke webchat – your questions answered on protest music, Pixar films and #GrimeForCorbyn
The Bloc Party frontman is about to release his third solo album, inspired by becoming a father – he’s in the office to answer your questions
November 2016
Observer New Review Q&A
Kele Okereke: ‘Tenderness is important’
The Bloc Party frontman on masculinity, his magpie eye for musical influences and the lessons of impending fatherhood
December 2015
How I found my groove: celebrities' life-changing moments
Becoming an astronaut, conquering comedy, overcoming stage fright to find Hollywood fame… Jack Black, Jenny Eclair, Dita Von Teese and seven more life changers tell Katie Forster about the time they dared to try something different
November 2015
Arguments, apologies and scouring YouTube for drummers: how Kele got Bloc Party restarted
The frontman admits ‘it sometimes felt frosty’ in his band. But now, with two new members, he’s ready to clear up why they split and how they made their sensuous comeback
October 2014
Me and you
Singer Kele Okereke and his sister Susan on their special relationship
Bloc Party’s frontman and his teacher sister have always been close. They talk about playing school, Nigerian nicknames and feeling proud of each other
Kele: Trick review – confident, carnal disco on Bloc Party singer’s second solo album
Kele Okereke returns with another lusty, dancefloor-focused solo album, writes Harriet Gibsone
Music blog
Kele Okereke - Trick: album stream
The Bloc Party frontman returns with another album set in the heart of the club and documenting the various stages of love. Listen to it ahead of its release
July 2014
Kele Okereke returns with second solo album, Trick
Bloc Party frontman has announced details of his followup to 2010's The Boxer
April 2014
Bloc Party's Kele Okereke defends 'smart yet starry-eyed' Azealia Banks
After a tumultuous two years for Banks, the Bloc Party frontman has urged her to start a new album from scratch, writing in an open letter 'don't lose heart, you still have it in you'
November 2013
Bloc Party's Kele Okereke to release 3D-printed record for charity
This week's new tracks
'Initially, Feeel appears to have all the charm of the loading music from a Commodore 64 game'
