Ahead of Kehlani’s self-titled album’s arrival later this week, the Bay Area native revealed the embellished company she’s recruited for collaborations on the undertaking.
Kehlani teamed up with Spotify on Monday (April 20) to reveal her collaborators with a cocktail-friendly trailer. The “Folded” singer didn’t maintain again whereas enlisting a spread of R&B and rap titans to be a part of her on the LP.
The all-star lineup consists of Missy Elliott, who appeared on Kehlani’s “Back and Forth” single, in addition to Cardi B, Usher, Brandy, Clipse, Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Leon Thomas, Lil Jon and T-Pain.
The Grammy-winning singer has beforehand teased options from Usher, Clipse and Brandy on the undertaking. In the previous, she appeared alongside Wayne on Khalid’s “Location” remix, joined forces with T-Pain on 2021’s “I Like Dat” and collided with Leon Thomas for “Dirt on My Shoes.”
After notching her first Billboard Hot 100 high 10 hit with “Folded,” Kehlani is about to be honored with Billboard‘s Women In Music Impact award later this month.
“I’m just growing up. Something happens when you turn 30 — everything’s making sense,” she said of maturing whereas getting into a brand new decade and period of life. “My motherhood is going incredibly well. My family life, my friends, my whole internal world is finally clicking.”
As far as targets for the eponymous LP, Kehlani hopes to carry out with an orchestra at Manhattan’s famed Carnegie Hall and needs to see numerous tracks get placements in films.
“I want to do this album at Carnegie Hall with an orchestra,” she added. “I really want some of these songs to make it into movies … and ultimately just have a really historical personal moment for me, and hopefully keep adding to the genre because that’s the coolest thing that ‘Folded’ has done beyond anything — I’m watching the conversation change and I’m a part of it.”
Kehlani will function the R&B singer’s fifth album. Her final LP, Crash, arrived in 2024 and debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200.
Watch the trailer beneath and stream Kehlani on Friday (April 24).
