Leslie Odom Jr announces new album

“Show Me” is the first single available

Tony and Grammy Award-winner and Academy & Emmy Award-nominee Leslie Odom, Jr. is set to release a new album When A Crooner Dies on November 17th via BMG. It’s all-new, original music and marks his fifth full-length studio album and his first album of all original songs since 2019.

“Whoooo boy. I can feel the season of turmoil (and growth) that gave rise to the sentiment of the song in the first lines of music,” Odom Jr. shares. “Do I have the capacity to love someone for real? Do I have the capacity for that kind of unselfishness? Can I be that generous? That open? Or am I somehow…unfit…for all that true love asks of us? I prayed to God for proof of life…proof of my own humanity. I wanted heaven to show me.”

Odom, Jr. releases “Show Me” as the first single from the project, available now.

Last week, Leslie also made his long-awaited return to Broadway for the first time since his iconic, Tony Award-winning performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton. He is starring in and producing the first Broadway revival of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by the legendary Ossie Davis, which opened on September 27th.

Leslie Odom, Jr. is a multifaceted Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated vocalist, songwriter, actor, and New York Times bestselling author. With a career that spans all performance genres, Odom has received recognition for his excellence and achievements in Broadway, television, film, and music. Most recently, he starred in Rian Johnson’s critically acclaimed Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which broke records for Netflix and is currently streaming worldwide.

Next, he will star in the highly anticipated sequel to the original iconic film The Exorcist for Blumhouse and Universal Pictures. The film is set to be released in October 2023.

In 2020, Odom starred as legendary singer Sam Cooke in the award-winning Amazon film adaptation of One Night in Miami…, directed by Regina King. His portrayal of the soul icon and musical performance of the original song “Speak Now” was met with widespread praise and critical acclaim, earning him multiple awards and nominations. He also starred in The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to David Chase’s award-winning HBO series The Sopranos, released in October 2021.