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Aitch Features ED Sheeran On “My G” Music Video

Platinum-selling 22-year-old Manchester rapper Aitch releases his debut album, Close To Home. To celebrate this milestone moment, Aitch reveals the heart-warming video for “My G” featuring Ed Sheeran.

Displaying a more mature, reflective, and personal side of Aitch’s songwriting, “My G” is a loving tribute from the Manchester rapper to his 12-year-old little sister, affectionately called “G”, who has Down’s Syndrome. Paired with a music video directed by long-term visual collaborator Kelvin Jones, the visual was filmed at The Langdon Down Centre and features a moving performance from Aitch, as he reminisces viewing old childhood and family photos over a soothing silhouette of Ed Sheeran.

“You probably won’t even understand this
So I’ma try and paint the picture on a canvas
Just wanna tell you you won’t ever get abandoned
Can’t lie, I started writin’ and got anxious
But you’rе my biggest blessin’, what a life that I’vе been granted
One in a million, couldn’t try it if we planned it,”
– Aitch (My G) (Genius.com)

Setting the scene with “BelgraveRoad_1”, Close To Home showcases Aitch’s remarkable journey within hip-hop. “Fuego”, “Cheque” and “Louis Vuitton” are blessed with the rapper’s trademark lyricism and cheeky suave. He reunites with AJ Tracey on “R Kid”, while laidback summery bop “Sunshine” featuring New Machine embraces a new tangent of melodic guitar riffs. 

Aitch Features ED Sheeran On "My G" Music Video
Aitch (Kelvin Jones)

The album’s title track “Close To Home”, which features a children’s choir, sees Aitch up close and personal, putting his private thoughts on paper for the first time. In Disguise featuring Bakar, the Shaun Ryder-assisted and Stone Roses-sampling 1989” and platinum-selling #2 Fred again.. produced hit “Baby featuring R&B icon Ashanti. In fact, Ashanti and Aitch performed “Baby” together during BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022.

When speaking about his album’s title, Aitch says: “As much as I say that I’m trying to get out of the ends, and I want to go elsewhere, I always end up back in the same place. Even across the other side of the world, I feel like I bring a sense of Manchester; whether I’m in London or Australia, I’m still Close To Home.”

Close To Home

Taking Close To Home on the road for the first time, Aitch will kick off a sold-out headline in the UK followed by a run in the rest of Europe early next year. On the performance front, recently Aitch was brought out as a special guest during Jack Harlow’s set at the 2022 Wireless Festival.

Aitch – Close To Home Tracklist

Listen HERE via Capitol Records / 10K Projects.

  1. BelgraveRoad_1
  2. Louis Vuitton
  3. 1989
  4. Money Habits (feat. Mastermind)
  5. Baby feat. Ashanti
  6. Bring It Back
  7. Sunshine (feat. New Machine)
  8. Fuego
  9. Cheque
  10. In Disguise (feat. Bakar)
  11. The Palm
  12. 100x
  13. R Kid (feat. AJ Tracey)
  14. My G (feat. Ed Sheeran)
  15. Close To Home
  16. Hollinwood To Hollywood

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