Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea has officially stepped out from behind the bass stack and into his own strange, glowing spotlight, announcing his debut solo album ‘Honora’.
Yep, that Flea.
The man who’s spent decades slapping riffs into stadiums like it’s a contact sport with the Red Hot Chili Peppers is now releasing a full length solo record built around trumpet and bass, with a mix of original compositions and unexpected covers.
According to a press release, ‘Honora’ is made up of ‘original compositions plus interpretations of songs by George Clinton, Jimmy Webb and Frank Ocean’.
It’s a wild sentence on paper, but also kind of perfect with Flea always been a restless musician first and a rockstar second, and this sounds like the kind of left turn he’s probably been itching to make for years.
‘Honora’ arrives in March
‘Honora’ is set for release March 27th via Nonesuch Records, marking Flea’s first ever solo album release, if the idea of Flea in full creative control doesn’t already have you curious, the first single should finish the job.
Flea links up with Thom Yorke on ‘Traffic Lights’
To kick things off, Flea has released new single ‘Traffic Lights’, featuring Radiohead’s Thom Yorke on vocals, piano, and synth.
It’s probably not a collab anyone had on their 2026 bingo card, but it kind of makes sense, Flea’s always flirted with jazz and experimental textures, and Yorke basically lives in the uncanny valley between beautiful and unsettling.
Check it out here:
Flea explains the track came together fast with drummer Deantoni Parks, before he sent it over to Yorke after getting an Atoms For Peace vibe:
“Deantoni and I played what became Traffic Lights the first day,” Flea recalls.
“Something about it reminded me of Atoms For Peace, so I sent it to Thom. Just knowing him, I thought it would be a rhythm and a sensibility that he would relate to. And I was right, he did. With a gorgeous melody and the words, you know, about living in the ‘upside down’ and how do you make sense of things when we’re getting all this fake shit and real shit? Everyone has their ways of dealing with the world. But he’s just the warmest, free flowing, jamming motherfucker.”
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