Yaya Bey is back with a new album. Fidelity, the Brooklyn-based singer’s fourth album, lands April 17 on Drink Sum Wtr, and she’s shared the touching first single for the LP, “Blue.” “I wrote it when I was rock bottom coming off the heels of Do It Afraid.” Bey said of the song. “I realized I had to make a big shift mentally and emotionally or I was gonna drown.” Watch the music video for it below.
Bey’s fourth album delves into her experience with grief following the death of her father, Juicy Crew member Grand Daddy I.U., as well as the loss of Black community due to the widespread gentrification of New York. The record also explores necessary renewal in the aftermath of heartache, as well as her commitment to remaining “religiously joyful” as society crumbles. The album features “Egyptian Musk,” a reggae-infused collaboration with the musician Nesta.
Read Pitchfork’s review of Do It Afraid.
Fidelity:
01 Me and Mine
02 The Towns [Bella Roche Pt. 2]
03 The Great Migration
04 Forty Days
05 Higher
06 Dream Girl [Lexapro Mix]
07 Freeze Flight Fawn
08 Slot Machines
09 Simp Daddy Line Dance
10 As the Ocean
11 Blue
12 Cup of Water
13 In the Middle
14 Egyptian Musk [ft. Nesta]
15 The Breakdown
16 Who Are You
