Dua Saleh’s Of Earth & Wires Drops May 15

Dua Saleh’s second album Of Earth & Wires was released on May 15, 2026. The record follows their 2024 debut I SHOULD CALL THEM. Of Earth & Wires traces Dua Saleh’s refugee journey from Sudan to the United States. The album identifies the climate crisis and artificial intelligence as principal thematic concerns.

The release presents a unified visual identity in which each track is accompanied by a video that employs a desert motif. Desert imagery recurs across the videos and forms a consistent visual thread for the album. The source material links this visual theme to the record’s concept by relating the imagery to the refugee journey and to the record’s concerns about the climate crisis and artificial intelligence. Each video is presented as an accompanying piece of the album’s audio-visual release.

Producer Billy Lemos led the sound of Dua Saleh’s second album, Of Earth & Wires. Lemos is noted in the source material for his prior work with SZA. The album’s musical style combines R&B, soulful, and electronic elements with influences from Sudanese folk, British dance, and baile funk. These stylistic components are presented together in the source material as defining features of the record’s sound.

The record features guest artists including Sudanese‑Dutch R&B singer Gaidaa and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Justin Vernon provides vocals on three tracks: Flood, Keep Away, and Glow. Gaidaa is listed as a contributing guest artist on the album. The presence of these guest contributions is identified in the source material as part of the album’s collaborative makeup.

The album presents a unified visual identity in which each track is accompanied by a video that consistently uses a desert motif. Across these videos Dua Saleh appears in arid landscapes and is shown traversing desert settings, creating a recurring visual thread that links the individual tracks. The project treats the videos as integral components of the album’s release rather than standalone promotional clips. This consistent desert imagery forms a coordinated aesthetic throughout the album’s audio-visual presentation.

The desert motif is linked to the album’s concept in the provided material by relating the imagery to Dua Saleh’s refugee journey from Sudan to the United States and by associating the visuals with the record’s stated concerns about the climate crisis and artificial intelligence. The provided material presents the visuals as evoking migration and environmental issues alongside the songs’ personal and romantic elements. The connection between the desert imagery and those identified themes is described in the provided material as part of the album’s overall thematic presentation. The album’s audio and visual elements are presented together to express the themes identified in the provided material.

Dua Saleh is scheduled to perform at the venue Trabendo on July 9. The available content does not provide further logistical details about the event. Details such as start time, ticketing information, supporting acts, and the venue’s city or address are not included in the available content. This event listing is the only live-date detail mentioned in the provided material.

Of Earth & Wires traces Dua Saleh’s refugee journey from Sudan to the United States. The album’s thematic concerns include the climate crisis and artificial intelligence. These three elements — the refugee journey, the climate crisis, and artificial intelligence — are identified in the source material as central to the record’s thematic focus.

The release presents a unified visual identity in which each track is accompanied by a video that uses a desert motif. The desert imagery is linked in the source material to the album’s overall concept by evoking Dua Saleh’s refugee journey from Sudan to the United States. The source material also connects the visual motif to the record’s stated concerns about the climate crisis and artificial intelligence.

CONCLUSION

Dua Saleh’s second album Of Earth & Wires was released on May 15, 2026, and follows their 2024 debut I SHOULD CALL THEM. Producer Billy Lemos led the album’s sound and is noted for work with SZA. Guest artists on the record include Sudanese‑Dutch R&B singer Gaidaa and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Vernon provides vocals on the tracks Flood, Keep Away and Glow. The music combines R&B, soulful and electronic elements with influences from Sudanese folk, British dance and baile funk.

The album traces Dua Saleh’s refugee journey from Sudan to the United States. The record identifies concerns about the climate crisis and artificial intelligence as principal thematic elements. The release presents a unified visual identity in which each track has an accompanying video that uses a desert motif. A live show is scheduled at the venue Trabendo on July 9.

Dua Saleh is scheduled to perform at the venue Trabendo on July 9. This live show is mentioned in the provided material alongside information about the album release. The provided content does not specify the year for the July 9 date.

Details such as start time, ticketing information, supporting acts, and the venue’s city or address are not included in the provided content. The available content does not provide this information. No additional logistical details are present in the provided material.

Of Earth & Wires centers on Dua Saleh’s refugee journey from Sudan to the United States, which the album traces across its songs. The record identifies concerns about the climate crisis as a principal thematic element. The album also identifies artificial intelligence as a principal thematic concern. These thematic elements are presented together in the provided content as central to the record’s focus.

The release presents a unified visual identity in which each track is accompanied by a video that employs a desert motif. The desert imagery recurs across the videos and is linked in the provided content to the album’s concept by evoking the refugee journey. The provided content associates the desert motif with the record’s concerns about the climate crisis and artificial intelligence. The visual and thematic elements are presented in the provided content as interconnected components of the album’s audio-visual presentation.