Jeshi has announced his new mixtape, Headrush, a love letter to nightlife and the nightclubs where he first discovered dance music—long before he was old enough to officially get through the door.
The upcoming project features previously released singles “champagne” and “at the wheel,” alongside Jeshi’s latest collaboration, “linea rossa” featuring London-based experimental producer and multi-instrumentalist Cameo Blush. The track is out now across streaming and download platforms, while Headrush arrives October 26 via Select Discs and Partisan Records.
For Jeshi, the mixtape represents an attempt to connect two sides of his musical identity: the introspective songwriting and rap that have defined his career, and the dance music culture that has influenced him since his teenage years.
“I’d go from Walthamstow to Essex and it felt like I’d been teleported into another world,” says Jeshi. “The over-the-topness of the clubs felt so exciting to my 17-year-old brain. There was a freedom then where you didn’t need to know the right records or be part of the right scene.”
Although dance music has always been a major influence, Jeshi says he often felt like an outsider looking into the scene. He began DJing at friends’ parties, eventually developing a desire to bring his own music into those environments and experience the immediate connection of hearing his songs played in a room full of people.
“Dance music has always been one of my biggest inspirations but I always felt like an outsider to that world. I was DJing at friends’ parties a lot but wanted to bridge these two loves of mine and create a space between them,” he explains. “To make songs and put my life into them the same way I always had, but then be able to play them out straight away in rooms full of people. I love the immediateness of it.”
That desire for immediacy sits at the heart of Headrush. Rather than approaching dance music as a stylistic detour, Jeshi brings a genuine appreciation for club culture into the project, using the dancefloor as another environment for his songwriting and storytelling.
The mixtape arrives following a busy 18 months for the London artist, during which he has collaborated with Celeste, Leon Vynehall, Vegyn, and Ross From Friends, most recently joining forces with Oscar Farrell on “Greyhound.”
While rappers crossing into dance music can sometimes feel like a calculated side project, Jeshi approaches the intersection from a different perspective. His connection to the genre stretches back to his teenage experiences in nightclubs and his years spent DJing, giving Headrush a foundation rooted in genuine curiosity rather than trend-chasing.
With its combination of rap, electronic production, club influences, and personal songwriting, Headrush finds Jeshi creating a space between the worlds that have shaped him. The result is a project designed not simply to reference nightlife, but to capture the freedom, immediacy, and unpredictability that first drew him toward the dancefloor.