Days after announcing his surprise project, Wretch 32 officially releases new tape little BIG Man accompanied by a short-film.
Wretch 32 continues to embrace new challenges and cover an untrodden path in a singular career that’s already 15 years deep. On his new project little BIG Man, the revered Tottenham multi hyphenate showcases growth in perspective and wisdom; as both an elder statesman and a versatile-artist still clearly in his prime. Never afraid to step outside of his comfort zone, Wretch places himself in the shoes of a teenager in order to consider the immediate issues that plague today’s youth, then zooms out to expose how these issues feed into the tragic cycle of incarceration that’s visible from his current perspective.
“I was trying to put myself in a 17-year-old’s body and trying to see how they feel,” heexplains. “How does it feel to come out of prison at that age? What struggles do I face? Asa senior, I’m seeing a pattern and a cycle and this was about me trying to understand their experiences.”Across the tracklist Wretch calls upon a diverse range of voices including K-Trap, NafeSmallz, Tiggs Da Author, Kayy Kayy, Blade Brown, M Huncho, SL, Little Simz and Henrie Kwushue as a way of sparking layered conversation around the complexity of these societal issues from multiple points of view.In anticipation of the release, Wretch has released a short film directed by Edem Wornoo(Dave, Fredo) which explores the themes of the project across three acts. Drawing from little BIG Man’s narrative, the piece follows a protagonist as he returns home from jail and -left to balance residual trauma and anxiety with the pressures of being a provider for hismother and sister – finds himself falling into the cycle of reoffending
Take in the short film for little BIG Man above, before listening to the project in full right below.
