Normani followers, rejoice, as a result of she has lastly introduced a launch date for her long-delayed debut album — and dropped a brand new single known as “1:59.”
“Yeeee 1:59 out now and DOPAMINE coming JUNE 14th 🖤,” the Fifth Concord alum, 27, wrote through Instagram on Friday, April 26.
“1:59” — the primary single from Dopamine — options Atlanta rapper Gunna and explores the method of reestablishing a reference to a earlier romantic companion following a interval of separation.
The lyrics learn: “After I get you alone / Boy, what you gon’ do with it? (Shh) / Don’t speak an excessive amount of, simply do that s–t / Boy, what you gon’ do with it? Yeah / After I get you alone / Boy, what you gon’ do with it?”
“The album seems like liberation, like a season of freedom,” Normani advised Who What Put on in February. “Not simply because the file is lastly popping out, however as a result of it’s a celebration of every part I’ve been via to get to this second. Throughout this course of, I heard God say to me, ‘Belief me. I do know you’re afraid, however belief me anyway. Dare to belief me anyway. Now’s the time.’”
In February, the singer introduced that Dopamine could be launched however didn’t affirm a launch date. “Cryingg typing this rn,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “DOPAMINE THE ALBUM.”
Following Fifth Concord’s hiatus in 2017, Normani launched a number of singles, together with “Motivation,” Wild Facet” with Cardi B and “Waves.” Her debut album, nevertheless, by no means materialized.
When the hiatus first started, Normani completely opened as much as Us Weekly about wanting a “clear imaginative and prescient of who Normani is.”
“For therefore lengthy I really feel like individuals obtained an concept of who I used to be within the entity of the group,” she added. “Even inside myself, I sort of obtained comfy with that. So for me to sort of be indifferent from that has been an eye-opener for me and, like I mentioned on the stage, me lastly with the ability to uncover myself and simply various things, completely different elements of me. There are such a lot of completely different layers and so many various parts that I haven’t essentially been in a position to faucet into that I’ve been launched to, so it’s actually, actually cool. It’s just like the sky is the restrict.”
She added: “I believe this physique of labor is unquestionably a bit extra sultry aspect of myself, and there’s simply completely different inspirations and influences that I grew up listening to that I wish to incorporate in there, however I’ve been writing from the album … I’ve even been coproducing, so like I mentioned, it’s like a child in a freakin’ sweet retailer.”