Back for a victory lap after his sophomore mixtape, 23, shot to the top spot earlier this month, Central Cee has just shared the visuals for “Ungrateful”, one of its many highlights.
On a project defined by its startling introspection and honesty—tapping into Cench’s own issues with mental health and the mistakes he’s made in the past—“Ungrateful” was one of the purest examples. Built on a light and airy instrumental from Levi Lennox, it opens with an admission of suicidal ideations, before running through some of the darker things in his past that he wishes he could take back.
Keen to avoid distracting from that, his trusted photographer and director of choice, Kunography, keeps the visuals straightforward.
We follow the Shepherd’s Bush rhymer from the basketball court to the barbers and then back to the yard as he thinks on everything he’s seen and done, and whether it was all worth it. Like he says, he doesn’t want to seem ungrateful for the gift of life, but he can’t help wonder.
Peep the visuals for “Ungrateful” above.