Kele Fleming turns memory into momentum on new single 'This is Not Religious'

There’s something quietly radical about the way Kele Fleming revisits 'This is Not Religious'. Rather than treating it as a relic, she lets it breathe in the present tense, reviving a song born decades ago that now arrives with renewed force, urgency, and resolve. What once felt like a private reckoning now stands tall as a collective rallying cry.

At its core, the track unfolds like a personal notebook cracked open, thoughts tumbling freely without polish or restraint. Her voice carries that intimacy with fearless clarity, tracing the emotional geography of a young person learning how to exist honestly in a world resistant to nuance. It’s not neat. It’s not linear. And that’s exactly why it lands so powerfully.

Musically, the song’s slow ignition is its secret weapon. It begins in restraint, almost tentative, before steadily expanding outward. Each section adds weight, confidence, and emotional altitude, until the final moments arrive as a declaration. That closing surge feels deliberate and defiant, delivering an insistence on visibility, joy, and refusal to shrink. It mirrors the journey of self-recognition itself: quiet at first, then impossible to contain.

What makes this version especially resonant is how it speaks across generations. Written long before today’s cultural flashpoints, the song now feels uncannily aligned with the present; proof that the struggles around identity, autonomy, and belonging are anything but resolved.

Her performance is magnetic. There’s tenderness in the phrasing, but also steel. Moments of almost choral softness give way to raw, unfiltered power, recalling the great tradition of artists who turn vulnerability into resistance.

'This is Not Religious' is ultimately an affirmation carved from lived experience, refusing erasure and insisting on presence. In revisiting it now, Kele Fleming reminds us that honesty, when sung loudly enough, can still shake the room.