Solange Covers ‘T’ Magazine, Teases Imminent Release Of 4th LP
Solange graced the cover of the New York Times‘ style magazine, T, with a new photoshoot and details about her forthcoming album. The 32-year-old posed for Collier Schorr and delivered a simple but undeniably chic pictorial. In the accompanying feature with Ayana Mathis we learned more about the follow-up to 2016’s critically acclaimed A Seat At The Table. In particular, Mathis promised that “the album’s release is imminent this fall, probably sometime soon.” The “Cranes In The Sky” siren shared some information about the sonic direction she was exploring on the currently untitled body of work. “There is a lot of jazz at the core,” she explained. “But with electronic and hip-hop drum and bass because I want it to bang and make your trunk rattle.” Mathis went on to describe it as “warm” and “fluid and more sensual than her last one.”
In an interview with Billboard earlier this year, the hitmaker said she had recorded in Laurel Canyon, Topanga Canyon and Jamaica. Today’s feature revealed that she is currently in the process of honing the tracks she has been working on over the last few years. “I like to be able to tell the story in 13 different ways, then I like to edit,” she said. In the past, this process has entailed cutting down lengthy tracks to the polished final product. Solange also opened up about finding her voice on A Seat At The Table. “I constantly called it my punk album because it was like, this is my time to shake things up and be loud,” she explained. Although we don’t have an official release date for the forthcoming album just yet, Solange candidly spoke about some anxiety circling its approaching unveiling.
“I have this fear living in my body about releasing work,” she said. “I don’t know any artist that doesn’t feel that before they hit the send button.” Scroll through a gallery of photos from the shoot up top and check out the rest of the feature here!
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