MIDORI JAEGER SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘EXASPERATE’ FROM FORTHCOMING EP
London-based cellist, singer and songwriter midori jaeger has unveiled a second preview of her forthcoming EP (Un)planted, due for release on March 9. The record forms the first half of a double EP project, with its companion set to arrive later in 2026.
Following the biophilic calm of previous single ‘dark green’, new track ‘exasperate’ cuts a sharper figure — woody, angular and driven by restless percussive momentum. Jaeger describes the song as a reckoning with self-knowledge: “It’s about knowing you pushed someone to their limits, but also knowing it was true to who you are,” she explains, capturing the tension between the pull of the unknown and the weight of what’s left behind.
Born in Japan, raised between continents and now based in London, jaeger’s life has been shaped by repeated uprooting and replanting. That sense of movement and adaptation is mirrored in her relationship with the cello — an instrument she treats as an extension of the body itself. With support from the likes of Adrianne Lenker and Moses Sumney, (Un)planted positions jaeger as an artist translating displacement into something tactile, grounded and deeply human.
