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Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He takes influence from alternative electronica trad, and Irish folk, chopping and blending them with a mixture of found sounds, world music and unorthodox production methods. Joshua shares new single ‘Something Else’. It is now the third single to be released from Burnside’s upcoming album, It’s Not Going to be Okay, due for release on Nettwerk on 20 March 2026. It’s Not Going to be OK is a record born out of loss and the fragile act of continuing. Written and recorded in the wake of the death of Joshua’s closest friend, the album is his most stripped-back and unguarded work to date. “I wrote and recorded this album after the death of my best friend Dean Jendoubi. He was an incredible person, and I miss him every day. “Grief has always been a big part of my music; it’s the reason I started writing songs when I was 13. And so, as I did all those years ago, I reach for the guitar, try a few chords and sing a few words and for a brief moment I feel like it’s going to be okay.” The new single is a tender, off-kilter folk reflection on drinking, doomscrolling, and reaching for something to believe in when life’s cold truths hit hardest. Burnside is routinely lauded for his intricate production and layered storytelling, but here, he pares everything down here to its rawest form. It’s Not Going to be Okay is tender and unflinching, highlighting the beautiful simplicity of Burnside’s acoustic balladry and his poetic lyrics. Where previous albums explored folklore, politics, and myth through surreal, tense textures and offbeat folk supplemented by electronica, It’s Not Going to be Okay distils his brilliance down with immaculate precision where each track serves like an entry into a grief journal. He now begins a new phase and wraps up his East Coast US Tour and prepares a large UK and EU headline tour in 2026.