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Mykki Blanco – announced for a headline show in the SoundHouse, Dublin

On Café ParadisoMykki Blanco is completely reborn, trading the persona-driven theatrics of his previous releases for something more interior and exacting. The record draws from the diverse, banal and yet idiosyncratic contexts of the artist’s life in transit: “…shitty Wall Street lunch counters and an endless stream of dive bars in the East Village” in New York; “…drinking beer and playing pool in Belleville; the drink that lasts forever at Les Chope des Artists and Chez Jeanette” in Paris; and “languishing for hours at the tea houses or Café Hafa” in Tangier. From these fragments, Café Paradiso assembles a soundtrack for the contemporary, queer flâneur, moving through spaces where being alone does not necessarily mean being lonely. “Café Paradiso is a record for artsy kids,” Blanco explains, “for my cosmopolitan aesthetes to sit alone in a café and work on crafting the life of their dreams, or just make sense of it!” When asked which earlier versions of himself appear here, Blanco is unequivocal: “None.”

The album comes out on 4 September 2026, alongside this tour.

MYKKI BLANCO – LIVE [CAFÉ PARADISO]
Café Paradiso is a record for artsy kids”
30 OCT 2026 || THE SOUND HOUSE, DUBLIN

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