2014, Kele announced his second solo album, entitled Trick, to be released on his own label Lilac Records via Kobalt Label Services on 13 October 2014. Okereke released his third album Fatherland on 6 October 2017 under his full name (whereas his first two albums were released under the mononym 'Kele').<ref name="Fatherland">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/bloc-partys-kele-okereke-announces-new-album-fatherhood-shares-track-streets-talkin-2098891|title=Bloc Party's Kele Okereke announces solo album 'Fatherland' and shares new track 'Streets Been Talkin|work=NME|last=Morgan Britton|first=Luke|date=5 July 2017|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> Two tracks, "Yemaya" and "Streets Been Talkin'", have been released from the album as of July 2017. On 19 March 2018, the Bloc Party Facebook page put a picture up indicating they were doing a tour of six shows in Europe performing songs from their first album, Silent Alarm. In January 2019, "Leave to Remain", a new musical written by Okereke and Matt Jones debuted in London. Announced in September 2018, the musical about an interracial gay couple was preceded by the single "Not the Drugs Talking" which showed a move back towards beats following the more acoustic Fatherland. Telling a love story through the Prism of Brexit, the new show is accompanied by a tie-in album of new songs. Speaking about the subject matter and his feelings on the UK in 2019, Okereke claimed that "It’s not a time that I’ve been proud to be British. It’s an ugly time. The opportunity to tell a story about people from different cultures coming together and finding love in the shadow of that is an important thing to stand up for." In November 2019, saw the release of Kele's fourth album, 2042. The title is a reference to the year that census data predicts ethnic minorities will become the majority in the United States. Much of the album tackles political themes such as the Windrush scandal, Grenfell Tower fire and Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest. Musically, Kele fuses funk with experimental electro, glitchy guitars and West African beats, according to NME. The album was released under the name Kele, again dropping his surname. In May 2021, Okereke released his fifth studio album entitled The Waves Pt. 1. Personal life In March 2010, Okereke came out as gay in a BUTT magazine article. He then gave an interview and appeared on the June 2010 cover of Attitude magazine. He had previously been reluctant to discuss his sexuality, though he had compared himself to bisexual musicians Brian Molko and David Bowie.