Jessie Reyez has made her triumphant return. That’s not even to say she’d been gone for too lengthy – having dropped her sophomore studio album YESSIE again in September of 2022 – however reasonably to say that her third studio album, PAID IN MEMORIES, is one which’s been a very long time coming.
Reyez revealed the primary single from the LP again in August of 2023 – “JEANS” with Miguel – which she adopted up with “SHUT UP” with Large Sean, “RIDIN” with Lil Wayne and “JUST LIKE THAT” with Ari Lennox. She then reminded us that, regardless of being tapped in, she will be able to do all of it on her personal, lifting the veil on solo cuts “GOLIATH” and “PSILOCYBIN & DAISIES,” the latter of which interpolates the Smashing Pumpkins.
Elsewhere all through the 21-song tracklist come options from Lil Yachty on “HEAD N HEADACHES,” Deyaz on “BROTHER” and, in fact, frequent collaborator 6LACK on “6LESSINGS,” which indicators the pair’s fourth studio collaboration following up Reyez’s “IMPORTED” and “FOREVER” and 6LACK’s “Murder.”
“My relationship with success has been just a little convoluted for a very long time,” Reyez recollects in a press assertion.
“I used to be terrified of it after I first bought began within the business. It was an ongoing joke that I’d give away plenty of my hits as a result of I write plenty of music for different individuals as nicely. To be sincere, possibly they had been proper. However the operative phrase right here is WERE. I’ve completed un-packing, a few of it has to do with being the underdog for too lengthy, one other has to do with not having been born wealthy, and nearly feeling like all the success that I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have looks like a jacket that was too tight,” she continues, emphasizing the previous tense of the sentiment.
PAID IN MEMORIES is Reyez’s reflective return. “I’ve been within the fitness center, I’ve been rising my biceps, I’ve been turning into extra aware of feeling at residence. I’m reaping the fruits from the seeds I’ve buried years in the past. And I’ve been fortunate sufficient that my success has not simply come materially. I’ve been actually lucky that together with the heartbreak, I’ve had stunning love tales. Together with those who I’ve misplaced alongside the best way, I’ve had those who caught it out with me. I’ve been paid in additional methods than one, and by chance, I’ve been nicely paid in recollections.”
“I NEVER SAID I WAS SANE” kicks it off – a extra mature tackle Reyez’s 2017 minimize “Shutter Island” – whereas different notable inclusions embody a four-second voicemail from Lil Wayne on ”GOAT NOTE” and “NYB,” which is brief for “New York Child.”
**I NEVER SAID I WAS SANE**
**GOLIATH**
**NYB**
**PALO SANTO**
**CUND’T B ME**
**BEGGIN 4 LUV**
**PSILOCYBIN & DAISIES**
**GOAT NOTE**
**RIDIN (WITH LIL WAYNE)**
**GUESS IMU**
**NIGHTS WE’LL NEVER HAVE**
**JEANS (WITH MIGUEL)**
**TORONTO SHORDIE**
**6LESSINGS (WITH 6LACK)**
**HEAD N HEADACHES (WITH LIL YACHTY)**
**BEEN ABOUTA YEAR**
**BROTHER (WITH DEYAZ)**
**L.O.Y.L.**
*****FREE*****
*****JUST LIKE THAT (WITH ARI LENNOX)*****
*****SHUT UP (WITH BIG SEAN)*****
Stream PAID IN MEMORIES – out in every single place now.
