Jalen Ngonda "Doctrine of Love" LP

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• Modern soul built from pop-minded melodies, groove, horns, and gospel-touched background vocals.
• For fans of: Thee Sacred Souls, Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, Daptone soul, and sweet soul ballads.

Since the release of his critically acclaimed debut full length, 2023’s Come Around and Love Me, Jalen’s career has undergone a meteoric trajectory. The track “If You Don’t Want My Love” went viral, garnering 253 million streams to date. Jalen has appeared on a bevy of first-rate television programs—notably, Graham Norton, Late Night with Steven Colbert and Later with Jools Holland. He opened for Thee Sacred Souls on their national US tour, as well as Olivia Dean on her 2023 UK tour, and has sold out countless club dates across the globe as a headliner. Now, in 2026, with the embers of his debut still burning brightly, Jalen prepares to drop his eagerly awaited sophomore album, Doctrine of Love.