Skepta has shared the video for his new single, "Innocent Smile".

The new track officially sets us down the road towards his forthcoming album, Fork And Knife, his first solo full-length since 2019's Ignorance Is Bliss. It's a hell of an opening salvo, calling on the talents of Madness frontman and two-tone icon Suggs and D&B titans Chase & Status.

The track itself is a deafening war cry, kicking off with a steely spoken word portion from Suggs, followed by some white knuckle breaks from the D&B duo. Skepta's on top form too, tearing into the track as he asks how did we get here?

Taking to Instagram to announce the video, Skepta writes about being "a child of Meridian" and his pride in growing up in a London that brought cultures together to create world-beating scenes, and his dismay at the growing divisions that threaten that.

"The message in this song is really close to my chest," he writes. "I travel around the world and I constantly see ethnic groups segregated and closed off to people/ideas from other cultures. In the UK, you would have had 10 or more different nationalities in your classroom to begin with so we are raised to respect other peoples beliefs, faith and language from young. This is how the UK always creates the best scenes and sub genres. Our rave culture is literally a melting pot of people who have a mutual respect for what we all bring to the table.

"Being a child of immigrants 'from Nigeria to Meridian' I’m grateful to the UK that we were given a chance to make something of our lives but it also hurts so much to see how Britain as a country is becoming divided and essentially losing our usp smh. this song is for the people. A reminder that we are all we got and to never let negativity outshine the beauty of Multiculturalism. wha gwaan William?"

Director Aidan Zamiri's hard-hitting video hits just as hard. It's dark and gloomy, with precious little colour, tracking Skepta as he walks through the wreckage of the modern world. Take a look below.