Announced: 15 15 – Mārara + ‘Fāfaru’

15 15 return with ‘Fāfaru’, the first single from their debut album Mārara, out 6 March 2026. Fresh from a landmark year expanding their universe between London and Paris, supporting Kamasi Washington on his Spring 2025 European tour, performing at COLORS – Tones of Paris in October, joining the Simple Things Festival lineup alongside Keiyaa, Smerz and Florence Sinclair in July, and closing the Fusion Festival main stage after John Maus in August, 15 15 have been non-stop.

Fāfaru opens the world of Mārara with striking clarity: sun-soaked, a little chaotic and full of heart. A vibrant manifesto for the world they’re building, it sets the tone for a debut album shaped by the collective spirit of its makers.

Produced by Robin Morisse Mac Lean and mastered by Simon Lancelot (Dijon, Mk.gee) the record reflects the band’s strongest production and most confident creative vision to date, a conceptual work they fully stand behind and will be proud of for years to come.

Regarding the album, 15 15 say, “According to the elders, the island of Mārara rose from the waves, forged by the taut line of the five ancestral fishermen, and thus its legend was born… ‘Fāfaru’ opens the season of abundance and embodies the collective spirit of Mārara. While writing it, there was both the lightness of a universal nursery rhyme and the depth of a founding tale.”

15 15 is a French-Polynesian collective that blends music, image, and narrative. Their hybrid approach connects island cultures with urban modernity, between pop, zouk, dancehall, and electronic music. Since their beginnings, Julia, Tsi Min, Ennio, Robin, and Marvin have explored the connections between memory and invention through unique concept projects: Ataheva (about mourning), Le Jeune (on colonization), or Saplin (celebration of casualness). Their work, both free and precise, is expressed as much on stage as in their videos or installations, often created in an artisanal manner.

Stream / download ‘Fāfaru’ here.