Following a bumper 2024 that saw her perform at Reading & Leeds Festival plus having her music feature on BBC 6Music’s Roundtable, Hull’s best loved spoken word fiend Jodie Langford (whose debut album’s out this summer) releases ‘Put It Down’ – a highly relatable party track that asks us all to put away our phones at gigs and fully savour the moment.

With production duties supplied by steadfast ‘king of electro’ Endoflevelbaddie, the sound of ‘Put It Down’ leans more towards punk in terms of attitude (still with a hint of rave mind you) and has been feverishly concocted in the studio to keep it fresh and not bloated with layers of over-produced sounds. Similar to her previous tracks ‘Foefetti’ and ‘Get The Shots In’, ‘Put It Down’ is decidedly light-hearted and a break from the more serious subject matter that Jodie’s explored with some of her music, like mental health and her perceptions of society.

“The song’s inspired by mine & Endoflevelbaddie’s shared disdain of people filming an entire live performance on their phone” says Jodie “I pay good money to see a live act that I adore and the last thing I want is to view it through people’s phone screens. I love being fully involved at gigs and feeling that connection between you and the artists on stage. Getting your phone out for a long period of time is poor gig etiquette… and I’m short so that doesn’t help!”