Jorja Smith Releases New Garage Single ‘What’s Done Is Done’

Jorja Smith has a way of making a return feel like a reset without ever raising her voice. Her new single “What’s Done Is Done” is a garage number built on crisp swing and a clear refusal to settle for half-formed romance. The song favours freedom and the steady pull of real friendship, pulled along by a vocal that sounds less like a comeback and more like someone who never really left.

It arrives at a moment when Smith’s past and present are lining up in plain sight. The last few months have been spent marking ten years since her debut single “Blue Lights,” a track that reshaped the landscape for UK R&B and still holds its weight. Meanwhile, her calendar is pointing forward. She’s set to co-headline London’s All Points East on 21 August 2026 alongside Tems, a booking that places two distinct but equally self-possessed voices at the top of the bill.

The video, directed by longtime collaborator KC Locke, pulls in family and friends rather than actors. AJ Tracey, Knucks, Novelist, Nadia Rose, Wohdee, Specs Gonzales, Remi Burgz, Manchester’s Trend Kids collective and the ‘Blue Lights’ Choir all appear. It’s a document of the people who’ve been in her orbit for years, not a cast list for the occasion. That choice says something about where Smith is placing her attention right now. Not chasing a new angle, just sharpening the one she already has.