Love &amp; Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album)Love &amp; Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album) Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album) Love & Hate is the second studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka. The album was released on 15 July 2016 by Polydor Records (UK) and Interscope Records (US). Background. The album is the follow-up record to Kiwanuka's 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated album "Home Again". The album was produced by Danger Mouse, Inflo, and Paul Butler. "Love & Hate" also released three singles. The first single, "Black Man in a White World" was released on 28 March 2016, and was accompanied by a video directed by Hiro Murai. The second single, "Love & Hate , was released on 7 April 2016. Usage in media. The song Cold Little Heart" is also known for being the opening theme of the HBO television series "Big Little Lies". The song "Love & Hate" featured in various shows and films, including the series finale of the Netflix drama "Seven Seconds", the Netflix docudrama "When They See Us", the legal drama "Suits" (season 7, episode 8), "Rosewood" (season 1, episode 22), Animal Kingdom (season 3, episode 11) and the movie "The Tax Collector". In 2019 in the italian movie "Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri". The song "Black Man in a White  World" is performed by John Clarence Stewart, in character as Simon Haynes, in "Zoey's Extraordinary Reckoning", the sixth episode of the second season of the musical comedy-drama series "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist". The song "Rule the World" was featured in the Netflix series "The Get Down" and the HBO Max original series "Hacks". Critical reception. Upon its release, "Love & Hate" received widespread critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 86, based on 23 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim . The Telegraph" said "This is an album that sounds like a world of music in itself", while "The Guardian" called the album "the work of an artist coming into his own". Writing for "Exclaim!", Ryan B. Patrick lauded Kiwanuka's "introspective study of himself and his standing in a post-millennial world". Personnel. Adapted from the "Love & Hate" booklet. Performers and musicians Technical Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album) Love & Hate is the second studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka. The album was released on 15 July 2016 by Polydor Records (UK) and Interscope Records (US). Background. The