Leikeli47 has outlined the main points of her upcoming album: Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only shall be launched on June 13. Featured on LP is the brand new tune “Soft Serve,” which additionally comes with a video directed by Dana Rice. Watch it under.
Spanning 11 songs in whole, together with the only “450,” Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Solely is Leikeli47’s first album since wrapping up her acclaimed magnificence trilogy with 2022’s Shape Up. The brand new album was executive-produced by Leikeli47 and Harold Lilly, and options manufacturing by the identical staff that helped outline that magnificence collection.
“The complexion of this album is coming of age,” Leikeli47 stated in an announcement. “It’s about innovating my areas and the way I solely promote out to the second. My soul, my present, and my service isn’t on the market. This new LP is private and playful. Harmonic and melodic. Uncooked and heartfelt. Edgy and elevated. It’s a dedication to the visionaries who reside in their very own world. The masks is off and the attitude is aerial.”
That latter line refers to the truth that, up till only recently, Leikeli47 has at all times carried out—each in videos and onstage—whereas carrying a masks or obscuring her face by means of other means. She uncovered her face for the primary time in final 12 months’s “450” video. Shifting ahead, she plans to maintain her id in plain sight as a technique to embrace a recent begin.
Revisit Eric Torres’ interview “Leikeli47 Is Ready to Give Hip-Hop a New Look.”
