5-time Grammy winner Lalah Hathaway is again with a brand new album and a nationwide tour that can kick off in August.
VANTABLACK is the singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album — and first new set since 2017’s Actually. That includes visitor turns by Widespread, Rapsody, MC Lyte, Michael McDonald and Willow, amongst others, the 16-track set has already spun off two tracks: vibrant first single “So in Love” and the newest, “I Am.” The mission was launched by Hathaway’s personal Hathaway Leisure in affiliation with SRG-ILS Group (Virgin Music Group).
Hathaway makes use of the phrase “melting pot” in describing the combo of tempos and inventive experimentation that frames her new album and its title observe. “VANTABLACK … the phrase itself has a lot weight on it,” notes Hathaway in a launch asserting the album and tour.
“What I assumed have been conflicting views truly started to form the idea of not solely this album but additionally how I noticed myself. I began reframing how I noticed coloration — when it comes to being the Blackest I’ve ever been. And despite the fact that I’m steeped in who I’m, it doesn’t exclude the opposite issues that make up the sum of me. Just like how all of the music round me informs the Black music that I create.”
And of uptempo anthem “I Am,” she famous, “I assume folks will probably be delighted to listen to me with some tempo. I’m all the time attempting to determine apply these lush tones over dance music. How am i able to be featured on the subwoofer in your G Wagon? It is a 4 on the ground, stuffed with optimistic affirmation … I’ll have cracked the code!”
The 17-date VANTABLACK tour in assist of the album will launch in Fayetteville, Ark., on Aug. 28. It can cease in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Atlanta earlier than wrapping in Charleston, S.C. on Sept. 28. Click on right here for the total tour itinerary and extra info.
Lalah Hathaway, “Vantablack”
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