Here at ‘Green Banana’ we have long been singing the praises of Jodie Langford. Now it seems that the word is spreading. With support from BBC Introducing, BBC6 Music & Radio X.
Jodie Langford’s double A-side single, I Don’t Know / Locked Out, dances in the space between triumph and trepidation. Following her appearance at Reading & Leeds and a feature on BBC 6Music’s Roundtable, the Hull-based spoken-word artist pairs up with Endoflevelbaddie, whose vibrant electronic beats pulse like the nervous energy she seeks to unravel.
In I Don’t Know, Langford captures the delicate balance between confidence and collapse. The song is a reflection of her own struggles with anxiety, as her career ascends but the ground beneath her feels increasingly unstable. The relentless hum of electronic rhythms mirrors the inner chaos, a symphony of sound and self-doubt. As she spits lines like “staring through a stranger’s glasses,” she opens a window into the disorienting feeling of losing oneself, of watching from afar as your own life unspools.
Her imagery is sharp, at times biting, like the comparison of her speech to "the oral communication skills of a scrambled egg"—simultaneously clever and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable. There’s a rawness here, an honesty that resonates far beyond the beat, making space for listeners to find their own reflections in her words.
Langford doesn't just perform, she bleeds onto the track, making I Don’t Know more than a song; it’s a shared experience, an exploration of uncertainty in the face of success, as fragile as it is powerful.
Jodie explains the reason for the Double A-Side: “Written during a period when opportunities started flooding in, I was overwhelmed by the idea of being exposed to bigger audiences, as well as having to mix my passion with professionalism. However, both tracks have been tried & tested live & the crowds are already singing along to the choruses, so they need to be out there for all to hear”.
Review by Thomas Imposter