Grammy-nominated R&B artist Ari Lennox celebrated her birthday with the discharge of her new single, “Comfortable Woman Period,” marking a big shift within the soulful vocalist’s inventive path.
The observe, which dropped throughout all main streaming platforms, alerts Lennox’s deliberate pivot towards themes of tranquility and self-nurturing and her embrace of femininity, a stark distinction to her earlier harder-edged materials.
Lennox has been by way of the hearth, utilized stress, and is now permitting herself to expertise gentleness and obtain the royal remedy that she deserves.
Lennox’s evolution comes amid a broader cultural dialog about Black girls embracing softness and rejecting the sturdy Black lady stereotype that has traditionally denied them entry to vulnerability and safety.
For the manufacturing of “Comfortable Woman Period,” Lennox reunited with the heavyweight group of Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox, the identical duo behind her licensed platinum hit “Stress.”
The only’s launch coincides with Lennox’s upcoming efficiency at Dreamville Competition in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 5, the place she might carry out the track reside for the primary time.
Since her breakout with the critically acclaimed album “Shea Butter Child” in 2019, Lennox has established herself as one in all R&B’s most genuine voices, identified for her unfiltered lyrics and highly effective vocal performances.
With “Comfortable Woman Period,” Lennox joins different up to date artists exploring themes of radical self-compassion whereas sustaining the soulful roots that first endeared her to audiences.
The only’s cowl artwork additional emphasizes this transformation, that includes Lennox in all pink and smooth lighting aesthetic decisions that visually reinforce her present inventive assertion.
Lennox introduced on her Instagram {that a} new album is coming quickly.