{"id":58831,"date":"2026-02-25T08:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/kneecap-evoke-revolutionary-times-on-single-smugglers-scholars\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:52:33","slug":"kneecap-evoke-revolutionary-times-on-single-smugglers-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/kneecap-evoke-revolutionary-times-on-single-smugglers-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Kneecap Evoke &#8216;Revolutionary Times&#8217; on Single &#8216;Smugglers &#038; Scholars&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Belfast rap group will release a new album, <em>Fenian<\/em>, on April 24<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kneecap\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kneecap\" data-tag=\"kneecap\">Kneecap<\/a> dropped a new single, \u201cSmugglers &amp; Scholars,\u201d which reflects on the past state of revolution in Ireland. The hard-hitting track comes off the Belfast trio\u2019s forthcoming LP, <em>Fenian<\/em>, out April 24 via Heavenly Recordings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cSmugglers and scholars\/ Getting guns with American dollars,\u201d the group raps. \u201cDid it before do it again no bother\/ Don\u2019t need your help with internal matters.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKneecap explained in a statement that the song is \u201ca track that\u2019s reminiscing on revolutionary times in Ireland, driven by a hopefulness, when the working class, academics and good people everywhere united and took action in search of a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KNEECAP - SMUGGLERS &amp; SCHOLARS\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BPlJ_6M74l0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Fenian<\/em> marks the group\u2019s first album since a series of polarizing political statements threatened to derail their career. \u201cThey tried to stop us by branding Kneecap \u2018terrorists\u2019, with cancellations, with statements from the Prime Minister himself,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUDORfrja5s\/\">the group said in a statement.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWe had all the motivation we needed\u2026 this isn\u2019t a swift reaction, but a considered response to those that tried to silence us. And failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe musicians previously shared <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e061Py8MTHg\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLiar\u2019s Tale\u201d<\/a> alongside a politically-themed music video. The single took aim at British prime minister Keir Starmer, who condemned Kneecap after they displayed the messages \u201cIsrael is committing genocide against the Palestinian people\u201d and \u201cFuck Israel \/ Free Palestine\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-coachella-performance-free-palestine-message-1235321677\/\">at Coachella 2025<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cYou think we\u2019d move on and forget what happened,\u201d the group sings on the track. \u201cNah fuck Keir Starmer, Netanyahu\u2019s bitch and genocide armer, better off as compost for farmers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKneecap will tour Europe and the U.K. in support of <em>Fenian<\/em> this summer. The group is set for several festivals, including Primavera in Barcelona and Porto, Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and Reading &amp; Leeds Festivals in England. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-smugglers-and-scholars-single-1235521957\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belfast rap group will release a new album, Fenian, on April 24 Kneecap dropped a new single, \u201cSmugglers &amp; Scholars,\u201d which reflects on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}